A set of six Chinese famille rose capucin-ground plate decorated with flowers. Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette on a capucin-ground.
A large Chinese armorial platter for the English market (Wilkins). Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a bamboo and floral border, the arms are of Wilkins, Per pale or and argent a wyvern vert, crest, A wyvern’s head erased; and motto “Sin ar du hun” (“Wonder at thyself”).
A pair of Chinese famille rose sweet meat dishes decorated with a Chinese lady. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a lady.
A Chinese famille rose charger 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.
A Chinese famille rose teapot decorated with diapers and flowers. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a pink diaper work, a groundwork of blue diaper, and a narrow green ribbon border. Two shaped panels are painted in natural colours with a vase of flowers and fruits on a table.
A pair of Chinese famille rose charger decorated with a crane. Yongzheng/Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with peonies and a crane.
A large Chinese famille rose “duck and lotus” brush washer. Qianlong period
The brush washer modelled in the form of cupped lotus leave, the knobbly stalk rises up against the body of a floating duck that is attached to the leaf.
A Chinese export mandarin palette punch bowl. Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with mandarins.
A large Chinese famille rose dish decorated with figures. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a central scene, possibly the Romance of the Western Chamber, with brightly coloured border panels and a lobed rim.
A set of five Chinese Export “Tobacco Leaf” plates. Qianlong period.
Decorated in underglaze blue, polychrome enamels, and gold, with a pair of pheasants amongst leaves and flower blossoms beneath two squirrels on the branches of a vine, three prunus sprays on the revers, gold edge on the lobed rim.