A large Chinese baluster “Mirror black” vase, Kangxi
This vase, glazed in the so-called mirror black, is decorated in gilt with floral reserves. Of baluster form with broad shoulders, a gently flaring neck and a slightly splayed foot, it displays on the main sides rectangular panels finely painted with stylised bouquets of chrysanthemums and peonies. The narrower sides are set with lotus-leaf cartouches […]
A Chinese famille rose “shanshui” charger. China, Yongzheng / Qianlong
The large circular charger is decorated in the famille rose palette. The central composition, set within a broad reserve shaped as a lotus leaf, depicts an animated landscape: in the foreground, a garden punctuated with turquoise- and blue-glazed rockwork, peonies, and flowering shrubs; at the centre, a small arched bridge spans a stream, upon which […]
An armorial charger for the French market (Robien de Treulan). China, Qianlong
A large armorial charger painted in famille rose enamels and decorated with flower sprays and garlands, featuring at its center the impaled arms of Julien-Louis-Marie de Robien (1733–1809), “D’azur à dix billettes d’argent”, and of Marie-Anne de Lesquen (1734–1792), Dame de Boizard, “De sable à trois jars d’argent becqués et membrés de gueules”.
A large armorial teapot for the French market (Louis Antoine Rouillé, Secretary of State of the Navy). China, Qianlong
The very large teapot si decorated in famille rose enamels with a frieze of rocaille, scrolls and leaves and the coat-of-arms of Louis Antoine Rouillé, comte de Jouy, baron de Fontaine-Guérin, D’Azur, au chevron d’or, accompagné en chef de deux roses d’argent et d’un croissant de même en pointe.
A Chinese armorial plate for the English market (Elwick). Yongzheng
Decorated en grisaille and gilt, centered with the arms of Elwick against a backdrop of a very finely painted grisaille landscape, the rim meticulously painted with a fine grisaille and gilded diapered border with reserves of further landscape views, centered at the top with the Elwick crest, the outer edge with a scrolling gilded foliate design.
A Chinese Sancai ink stick box. Kangxi
The sancai glazed biscuit ink stick box is decorated with crosshatch patterns on the cover.
A Chinese armorial tureen for the French market (Visdelou de Liscouët). Qianlong
Of oblong form, and decorated in the famille rose palette, with the coat of arms of Visdelou, D’argent, à trois têtes de loup de sable, arrachées et lampasses de gueules and Boschat d’Uzel, De sable, au chat passant d’hermines, supportées par deux loups couchés.
A powder blue bottle vase. China, Kangxi
This bottle vase has a globular body and a long and slender cylindrical neck. It is painted in underglaze powder blue and overglaze famille verte enamels with gold. Around the body, the bottle has three multilobed panels reserved in white and outlined in iron-red. Each of the three cartouches is decorated with a different design. […]
A Chinese famille rose brush pot. Yongzheng
The brush pot is an emblematic object of the Chinese scholar’s desk, seamlessly combining utilitarian function with aesthetic value. This piece, designed in a hexagonal shape, features a medallion on each of its six faces: three are decorated with floral motifs—chrysanthemums, apricot blossoms, among others—while the remaining three bear poetic inscriptions. Together, they create a […]
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.