A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with butterflies. Yongzheng period.

Decorated in the centre in bright enamels with a spray of peonies within a lobed medallion outlined in yellow and blue, surrounded by four bright butterflies separated by lobed vignettes of floral sprays extending onto the rim, with stylized lotus sprays reserved on the pink cell-diaper ground.

A Chinese famille rose pronk “Doctors visit” saucer dish. Qianlong period

Enamelled at the centre with a design by Cornelis Pronk, three figures seated around a Ming-style blue and white dish on a Western table, two holding a fish, with a fourth figure gesturing up at a bird perched in an overhanging branch, beside a peacock on the terrace balustrade, the wide border with six ‘fish’ […]