A figure of a Dutchman with a monkey. Kangxi
Among the more engaging Western-style figures to be produced in Dehua is this porcelain model of a Dutchman seated on a fabric-draped platform decorated with birds and flowers. Enticed by a banana held in the man’s left hand, a monkey climbs up the sitter’s right leg.
A rare pair of aubergine-shape tureens. Qianlong
Both tureens in the shape of an aubergine with its stem and leaves and a squirrel on the cover. They are decorated in underglaze blue with sprays of flowers on the sides. The oval polylobed stands have the same decoration.
A Chinese famille rose European subject plate. Qianlong (1736-1795)
Decorated in the famille rose palette, and depicting a partially naked lady caressing a monkey in a landscape.
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.