A massive Chinese famille rose goldfishes charger. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette with goldfishes painted in red, pink or grey amongst seaweed ; the border with grapevine.
A famille rose Buddhistic lion Cadogan ewer
Amusingly modelled as Buddhistic lion holding a large brocade ball, the beast with blue body, green mane and iron-red handle emerging from its back, the brocade ball decorated with pink panels on a yellow ground, applied with a short iron-red spout. The lion is standing on a wooden base.
A massive famille rose Romance of the Western Chamber punch bowl. Yongzheng
Of massive form, the deep U-shaped sides very finely painted in very colorful famille rose enamels including shades of yellow, turquoise, pink, strong blue, lavender, yellow, bianco sopra bianco, pink, green and black. The exterior of the punch bowl is painted with a continuous frieze of large figures and depicts two episodes of the Romance of the Western […]
A Chinese cup for the French market (Souchet, secrétaire du roi). Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with the coat of arms of Octavien Souchet d’Alvimart, Argent, a chevron azure between three martlets sable, supported by two greyhounds collared gules.
A large yellow diaper “The Doctors Visit to the Emperor” dish. Qianlong
Boldly enameled in colors at the center with the well-known scene after Cornelis Pronk depicting three somewhat ‘chinoiserie’ figures in long robes seated at a low table bearing a large blue and white lobed-rim dish possibly of ‘kraak’ inspiration, a fourth figure gesturing beneath a fine flowering branch and a peacock perched on a fence […]
A famille rose ‘Pronk Dame au Parasol’ dish. Qianlong
Painted in bright enamels with a an elegant lady standing under a parasol held by an attendant, the lady holding out a hand to four separate species of marsh birds, three walking on the bank before them, and a fourth, partially submerged with only tail feathers visible, feeding in the marsh behind, the four species […]
Unrecorded Chinese armorial tea set for the French market (Boudin de Tromelin). Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with garlands of flowers and the coat of arms of the Boudin de Tromelin, de sable à une épée d’argent mise en pal, la pointe en haut, surmontée de deux étoiles d’or.
A large Chinese famille rose dish with Dongfang Shuo. Yongzheng
The center painted in vibrant rose enamels with a figure of the smiling bearded sage, Dongfang Shuo, holding a large peach in outstretched hands with his able youthful assistant right behind with a basket of blossoms slung over a hoe on his shoulder, all set on a fenced garden terrace with rockwork to one side […]
A Chinese Export Porcelain gilt and puce « Batavia » plate. Qianlong
Decorated with natives, Eastern merchants, the god Mercury and a lion before a flag monogrammed V.O.C for the Dutch East India Company, the foreground inscribed ‘BATAVIA’.
A puce ‘judgment of Paris’ plate. Qianlong
Enameled with Paris offering the golden apple to Venus while Juno and Minerva look on, within a du Paquier style border.