A pair of large famille verte-imari dishes decorated with a scroll. Kangxi/Yongzheng period
Decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, green, black, and gold with a border of chrysanthemum blossoms amongst stylized branches framing a half-open scroll, central scene of a bird flying near a prunus branch opposite a cluster of bamboo.
A Chinese blue and white “landscape” foliated-rimmed dish. Ming dynasty, ca. 1550-1600
Of foliated-rimmed form, decorated in underglaze blue, the centre decorated in tones of cobalt blue with mountains, steep cliffs, pavillion, pagoda, rocks and trees, the border with aquatic plants and birds.
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 large Chinese Export Porcelain bowl for the Asian market (Swatow ware). Ming dynasty 16th/17th century
Decorated with green and red enamels with animals and flowers.
A large Chinese famille rose “faux bois” dish. Yongzheng/Qianlong period (ca. 1730-1750)
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a central medallion with a spray of peonies, with an iron red-brown ground in the front and the back, imitating a wood-grain pattern.
An unusual Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a Chinese landscape. Late Yongzheng/Early Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a Chinese landscape, including a pagoda, the rim with an unusual border having reserves of landscapes en grisaille.
Two Chinese Transitional fan shaped dishes decorated in the famille verte palette with birds. Late Ming – Chongzhen reign – Chenghua six characters mark.
Decorated in famille verte enamels with birds and flowers, with a Chenghua six characters mark.
A very rare Chinese armorial plate for the Spanish market (Pedro Manuel de Arandia, Governor of the Philippines). Qianlong period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with shell-and-scroll border on the rim, spearheads in the well, and in the centre the coat-of-arms of Pedro de Arandia y Santiesteban, tierced per pale. 1. Per fess: a. sable, a lion or within a bordure gules with eight saltorels sable, Santiesteban; b. gules, a swan argent between four […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the Dutch market with the coat of arms of Jan Albert Sichterman. Yongzheng period
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 set of three Chinese « Madame de Pompadour » polychrome plates. 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.