A very large Chinese hexagonal armorial charger for the English market. Yongzheng period
Bodly painted with the arms of Carleton in the center, the rim with five peony cartouches and one enclosing an arm rest on a cell-diaper ground.
A Chinese export porcelain shell shaped dish. Kangxi period
The shell-dish lightly moulded and finely enamelled in shades of green, yellow and black with a quatrefoil ruyi medallion flanked by flowering prunus and magnolia branches, the border with a scroll band in underglaze blue.
A very fine and unusual Chinese famille rose cockerel dish. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, very finely enameled with a cockerel standing on a rock formation amidst leafy blossoming peonies and chrysanthemum beneath a diaper border.
A Chinese teapot decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Of hexagonal form with a squared bamboo style handle, painted on each side with cartouches of foliage with a pierced rock on a diaper ground, all below a ‘cracked ice‘ ground with scattered prunus blossoms on the shoulder, the lid enameled with friezes below a lotus bud finial, the s-curved spout painted with upright leaves.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with two birds. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with two birds perched on peony branches. Bianco sopra bianco on the rim.
A very large Chinese blue and white dish decorated with a central medallion. Kangxi period, ca. 1680
Decorated in underglaze blue and a central medallion.
A pair of Chinese famille rose figures of a hoho. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, holding in his hands a flowering vase. The base in black and famille rose enamels.
Unusual pair of Chinese water dropper modeled as seated lions decorated in polychrome enamels. Early Kangxi period
Seated, decorated in polychrome enamels.
A pair of Chinese buddhist lions decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit and seated on pierced rectangular bases, facing left and right, the femal with a cub at its feet, the male with a brocade ball.
A Chinese blue and white Venetian-glass style vase. Kangxi period
The neck and body decorated with floral sprays, with highly decorative and pierced handles.