A Chinese Imari bowl for the French market (Thomas-Auguste Miniac of Saint-Malo). Kangxi, circa 1710
Painted in the Imari palette with underglaze blue, rouge-de-fer and gilding with the coat-of-arms of Miniac, Quaterly: 1 and 4, gules, an eagle displayed argent between five billets of the last, three and four; 2 and 3, azure, a cross cantoned with four crescent or, within a roptwist border enclosed by scrollwork and surmounted by […]
A rare Chinese famille verte bowl decorated with a scene of the Romance of the Western chamber. Very early Kangxi
The bowl is decorated in the famille verte palette with two ladies in garden (very likely Cui Yingying and her mother) among rocks, peonies and banana trees. The interior of the bowl is painted with three boys playing with an helmet. An encircled Chenghua six-character mark to the base.
A Chinese famille rose “pastorale” cup and saucer. Qianlong
The cup and the saucer are decorated in the famille rose palette, with a central medallion depicting a well-painted scene after “Plaisirs du Printemps”, a print of Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (1741-1814), from the Tome I, Choix de chansons mises en musique par M. de La Borde, Premier Valet-de-Chambre ordinaire du Roi, Gouverneur du […]
A Chinese famille rose tea bowl decorated with a lady. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with fluted sides and wavy rim, the radial panels decorated alternately in plain gold, blue, pink, yellow or black diaper. The center is decorated with a lady in garden.
An unusual Chinese Imari barber basin. Kangxi
The rounded basin finely enameled in the Imari palette with four cartouches enclosing sprays of flowers on the flat rim with a treillis ground. The center of the barber basin is decorated with an official and his attendant in a garden.
A Chinese blue and white mythological subject with Neptune. Qianlong
The design depicts Neptune, the God of the Sea, standing with his triton in the center of the design with a number of other figures to his left and right with three large fish or whales at his feet. The lower section of the design depicting the sea. The border with a diaper design.
Two Chinese biscuit libation cups. Kangxi
In the form of an oval bowl with slightly tapering sides and a broad pouring lip. The rectangular handle is supported by two chilong dragons applied one on either side and another two dragons are applied under the lip. They are each decorated in aubergine enamels, and blue sacrificial.
An unusual Chinese famille verte teapot. Kangxi
The teapot is decorated in the famille verte palette, with flower sprigs done in underglaze blue iron red and green enamels. The spout, handle and decorative pattern in relief on the body of this very unusual teapot are modeled as ropes, painted in aubergine enamels.
A very fine pair of biscuit Buddhist lions. China, Kangxi
The Buddhist lions are decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, each seated on a large plinth. The male lion has a brocade ball at its feet, while the female lion is accompanied by a lion cub. Both lions have stick holders on their backs.
A very fine Chinese famille rose European subject plate. Qianlong
The plate decorated in the famille rose palette, with a central mythological medallion after the print “Femme nue et satyre” of the French artist Claude Duflos père (1665-1727). In a landscape, sitting at the foot of a flat hill beneath a tree is depicted a bearded satyr to whom a young woman is refusing his […]