An unrecorded barber bowl for the duc de Luynes. China, Yongzheng
The oval basin finely enameled in the famille rose palette with four sprays of flowers and a frieze depicting the Order of the Holy Spirit. Four cartouches adorn the cavetto, two of them on opposite sides enclose a double L. The center of the barber basin bears the coat of arms of the Duke de […]
An unusual famille rose-verte plate decorated with the “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. Yongzheng
The plate enameled in the famille rose-verte palette, in beautiful pastel tones. It is elaborately and finely decorated with the bearded Dong Zhuo on Fengyi pavilion terrace gesturing towards the soldier Lü Bu, with a spear and feathery headdress, together with the elegant lady Diaochan. All taking place within a garden setting with gnarled rock, […]
A Chinese Dutch-decorated armorial dish for the Dutch market (Nicolaas Langerak from Delft). Qianlong, 1744
The porcelain, Chinese, decorated in Netherlands, with a border depicting putti supporting a garland of flowers and foliage, with a cartouche containing a monogram surmounted by a crown at the top. In the center, the arms of Nicolas Langerak along with a cartouche that reads “Ns Langerak, 1744.”
A fine and small robin’s egg glazed baluster vase. 18th century
The baluster vase is decorated overall in an attractive mottled blue and turquoise glaze.
A plate for the Dutch market (Sichterman). Yongzheng
Decorated in rouge-de-fer and gold with brown, green, purple and blue. On the rim, there is a spiraling scroll border with bamboo, two groups of flowering plants and a gate, two Chinese pavilions or pagodas and above a coat of arms repeated. At the cavetto, there is a honeycomb diaper border with four reserves filled […]
A Chinese famille verte guglet water bottle. Kangxi
Pear-shaped with a slightly flaring mouth, decorated with six vertical panels of flowering plants and cockerels in the famille verte palette on a “rouge-de-fer” and white floral ground, a cell diaper and green lotus leaves around the neck.
A Neo-classical Chinese Export “loving cup” and cover. Qianlong period
Of U-shaped form bowl, decorated in the famille rose palette, with on either side with a burning brazier with ram’s heads and feet and a curling snake between its three legs. The cup is flanked by two molded handles on each side, supported by a cylindrical stem and splaying foot, the tiered cover with a […]
A Chinese famille rose “fishing” tea bowl. Yongzheng
The eggshell tea bowl and the saucer are unusually large, they are decorated in the famille rose palette and depict a fishing scene. On a junk in the middle of a river, a man is pulling in a fishing net, accompanied by a woman and a child. On the left bank of the river, a […]
A massive famille verte charger with the Romance of the Western Chamber. China, Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte palette and enameled with three tiers of panels surrounding a central scene, all illustrating the Romance of the Western Chamber, the rim with a frieze of various cell-patterns and auspicious objects, the underside with an underglaze blue artemisia leaf mark within a double circle.
A turquoise-glazed elephant water pot. China, Kangxi
The biscuit depicts an elephant lying on its side. It is covered with a bright turquoise-glaze.