A Chinese blue and white “four seasons” square bowl. Kangxi period
Decorated with underglazed blue, with canted corners, each side is decorated with a panel enclosing prunus branches, pine, bamboo and chrysanthemum, the interior with a panel enclosing peonies.
A Chinese green-glazed ogee-form Bowl. Kangxi period
Of ogee shape, with broad everted rim, covered in emerald-green glaze and a white glaze base.
A Chinese lotus-form trick cup decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
“Trick cup”, also know as « porcelain surprise », « Gong Dao Bei », « don`t be greedy cup », « fairness cup » or « puzzle cup » with the central figure of Han Zhongli, one of the eight immortels. Modeled in the form of a lotus leaf and supported on three small feet. The leafy veins […]
Two models of boat decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Each modelled with a figure standing at the doorway of the enclosed section, surmounted by roof tiles, the sides of the boat with friezes of striding dragons and flowerheads.
A Chinese famille rose “cockerel” tea bowl & saucer. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a cockerel perched on blue pierced rocks and a seal mark.
A pair of Chinese famille rose beakers from the Martin Hurst Collection. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, the centre panel of the saucer which is outlined in pale blue, contains a large floral ornament in rose. Beyond this are six triangular panels, covered with coarse diaper work and enameled alternately in pink and turquoise, and six reserves, outlined in gold, on which are representations of cocks, […]
A Chinese “Chrysanthemum” dish decorated with a pavilion and two song-birds. Yongzheng period
Predominantly painted in rouge-de-fer, gilding and grisaille, with a pair of song-birds in flight above a pavilion rising from swirling waves, within bands of pointed petals and alternating panels of further waves, and gilt-ground diaper patterns on the petal-moulded sides with scalloped rim, the exterior with lotus stems bearing leaves and blooms picked out in […]
A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine archaic gu form vase. Kangxi period
With flaring rim with a central raised bulge, covered in a cream glaze.
An unusual Chinese turquoise lotus teapot modeled with dragons. Kangxi period
Decorated with turquoise enamels on the biscuit, molded as a flowerhead with overlapping petals, the spout in the form of a dragon salamander, the handle in the form of the dragon chilong.
A pair of large Chinese famille verte dishes decorated with a jardiniere. Kangxi period
With foliate rim and moulded sides, enameled in the famille verte palette, the central roundel decorated with a jardinière filled with blooming and budding peony and rockwork, the moulded sides decorated with twelve panels alternately containing different scenes, some of them with figures.