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.
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 […]
An unusual Chinese famille rose European-subject tea bowl. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, enamelled in fine detail with a large roundel depicting two ladies seated in an interior, being offered a dish of fruit by a gentleman in a blue frock-coat, the remaining fruit in a basket on a table beside them together with a large serving spoon.
A Chinese armorial sauceboat for the French market. Qianlong
After a silver form,, with the coat-of-arms of the third marquis de la Plesnoye, Charles de la Fons, D’argent, à trois hures de sanglier de sable and Anne-Elisabeth d’Espinoy, d’Azur à trois besants d’or, rangés en bande.
A large Chinese famille rose “standing lady” candle holder. Yongzheng
Crisply modeled as a standing lady wearing-brightly enameled blue, yellow and pink long flowing robe, looking directly forwards and holding a cup that serves as a candleholder at her left side, standing on a pierced square base.
A Chinese famille rose “Le Pasteur galant” teapot. Qianlong
The teapot is decorated in the famille rose palette depicting a richly dressed man presenting a garland of flowers to a young shepherdess next to an architectural ruin, after François Boucher. At his feet lie three sheep, along with his hat, cane, and a bouquet of flowers. In contrast, the man who was originally depicted […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the Spanish market (Juana Bucareli y Baiza, Grandee of Spain). Qianlong, ca. 1775
The plate is decorated in the famille rose palette with a garland of pink leaves and flowers of different species delicately painted in gold looped between triple rings which are suspended from the rim. To the center, the coat of arms of Juana Antonia Bucareli y Bean 4th Marquise of Vallehermoso, Grandee of Spain, 6th […]
Tea bowl and saucer decorated with a European lady and her attendant. China, Qianlong
The tea bowl and its saucer are decorated in the famille rose palette, features a design of figures in the European style. It depicts a young woman seated beside a low table, upon which rests a sugar bowl. She holds a saucer in one hand and a cup in the other. A young black servant, […]
A Chinese armorial dish for the Portuguese market exhibited at the “Musée Oriental”, Paris, 1869 . Qianlong
The oblong dish with a deep cavetto and scalloping rim, painted in the famille rose palette with garlands of flowers on the rim and a coat of arms suspend from a large bow with a long wavy ribbons, from which emerges a garland surrounding the coat of arms in the centre of José Antonio de Mata […]
A Chinese famille rose tea bowl and saucer with figures. Late Yongzheng / early Qianlong
The figural scene depicts a young woman seated on an extravagant silk carpet leaning on a yellow barrel-form stool turned on its side as she looks expectingly at her small square cup while a male attendant kneels beside her to serve her tea. Behind the seated woman, a female attendant holds a long-handled oval fan […]
