A very fine and unusual Chinese famille rose cockerel dish. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, very finely enameled with a cockerel standing on a rock formation amidst leafy blossoming peonies and chrysanthemum beneath a diaper border.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with two birds. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with two birds perched on peony branches. Bianco sopra bianco on the rim.
A pair of Chinese famille rose figures of a hoho. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, holding in his hands a flowering vase. The base in black and famille rose enamels.
A pair of Chinese famille rose joss-stickholders modeled as buddhist lions. Jiaqing period
Each modelled and brightly enameled with the animal seated on a rectangular plinth, its face turned to one side with the jaws open in a grimace, a hexagonal column rising from the creature’s back to support the joss stick.
A Chinese famille rose water dropper modeled as a Qilin. Jiaqing period
Decorated in the famille rose palette and modeled as a Qilin.
A Chinese famille rose “Madame de Pompadour” cup and saucer. Qianlong period
Brightly enamelled in the famille rose palette, with a peony medallion encircled by floral sprays and seed pods flanking cartouches alternately enclosing a fish or an eagle.
A pair of Chinese famille rose tobacco leaf plates. Qianlong period
Of barbed and lobed outline, enameled with the classic pattern in vivid famille rose colors, underglaze blue and gilt, a very large passion flower in pink and yellow shown against the leaves.
A pair of Chinese famille rose mandarins plates. Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose, with a couple of Mandarins with their son.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with two figures in a landscape. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with two figures in a landscape with a pagoda and a temple, encircled by a leaf of hibiscus. On the rim, four cartouches with small landscapes and four cranes flying.
A Chinese famille rose plate depicting a scene from The Romance of the Western Chamber. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in famille rose palette, with a scene from Act III of The Romance of the Western Chamber (Xi Xiang Ji) by the Yuan Dynasty playwright Wang Shifu (c.1260-1336), with Cui Yingying and her attendant Hongniang, awaiting the arrival of Zhang Sheng.