A pair of large Chinese armorial dishes for the English/Dutch market (Hugh, 4th Baron Clifford). Late Yongzheng/early Qianlong period
Painted in the center with the arms of Clifford of Chudleigh and on the rim with the wyvern crest and three iron-red- and grisaille-delineated flowering branches between gold-ground blue enamel foliate-scroll borders around the cavetto and rim.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with figures. Yongzheng period
Brightly decorated in the famille rose palette, with a man on a horse and a lady in a chariot accompanied by attendants within sepia “fish-roe” and floral lappets.
A Chinese armorial plate for the Dutch market (van Reverhorst). Qianlong period
Decorated in blue, green, black, iron-red and gilt with the coat-of arms of van Reverhorst with coronet and crest, surrounded by smaller arms of the families van Reverhorst, de Winter, Vereyck and de Bruyn to the left, and Schrevelius, Peenen, Groenedijk and de Vroede to the right, within a gilt and iron-red shell scroll border.
A Chinese famille rose tea bowl and saucer decorated with a boy astride a buffalo. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a boy astride a buffalo.
A set of Chinese famille rose “Pronk-style” dishes and plates. Qianlong period.
Decorated in famille rose enamels, with a distinctive Pronk-like border in rich enamel colors, a large exotic flower spray in the center.
A pair of very large Chinese famille rose dishes decorated with a crane in a garden. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in the very large famille rose palette, with a crane in a garden near tables with precious objects. On the rim, a very similar decoration.
A Chinese famille rose eggshell bowl decorated with a cockerel. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a pink diaper and cartouches containing cockerels and peonies.
A Chinese famille rose « Madame de Pompadour » plate. Qianlong period
Brightly enamelled in the famille rose palette, to the interior with a peony medallion encircled at the rim by floral sprays and seed pods flanking cartouches alternately enclosing a fish or an eagle.
A massive Chinese charger decorated in the imari palette. Kangxi period
Painted in underglaze blue, rouge-de-fer and gilt, decorated with scrolling lotus, chrysanthemum and peony sprays with their leafy foliage.
A large Chinese blue and white dish decorated with flowers. Ming dynasty – Hongzhi period
Decorated in underglaze blue with rocks and flowers.