A Chinese famille rose-verte plate decorated with a hunting scene. Qianlong period.

Of french silver form, decorated in famille verte and famille rose enamels, bianco-sopra-bianco, and gold, with honeycomb-diaper panels and alternating floral sprays on the rim, scale-pattern border framed in the well by a narrow bands and scrollwork, central scene of two hounds in pursuit of a spotted stag near a gnarled tree.

A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with birds. Qianlong period.

With a scalloped edge, decorated in famille verte and famille rose enamels, with a foliate-vine border on the rim, blossom chain at the well, central scene of three birds close by a tree amongst rocks, shrubs, and flowers, a fourth bird in flight overhead, ships at anchor near a European-style building in the background, gold […]