The Alfonso Cumberbatch vases. China, Yongzheng period
Of baluster form, each shaped panel finely enameled with figures at leisure on a pavilion terrace, alternating with butterflies in flight and birds perching on entwined flowering branches, reserved on a blue cell-pattern ground with gilt flower-heads, between ruyi bands at the shoulder and foot with flower sprays on a dense scroll ground, the neck […]
A famille rose masonic armorial shaped platter for the English market. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, the center with the arms of Devan (or Deven) in a rococo cartouche, Chequy or and azure a fess gules, impaling Hellord (or Highlord), Sable a bend counter flory argent. The crest sod Devan should be A lion rampant argent ducally gorged or (here painted sable and ducally gorged). On […]
A Chinese famille rose / noire tea bowl and saucer. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose / noire palette, with cartouches of peonies.
A famille rose “Chinese figures” tureen for Philibert Orry, contrôleur général des finances. Yongzheng
The terrine oval shaped and decorated in the famille rose palette, with wading birds on the body, handles in the shape of Chinese figures, fruit terraces on the cover, and the lid in the shape of an artichoke .
A very large Chinese famille rose and “encre-de-chine” charger. Yongzheng/Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette and grisaille (encre-de-chine), a Chinese landscape to the center, including a pagoda, the rim with an unusual border having reserves of landscapes in grisaille.
A Chinese famille rose ‘Autumn’ plate with troubadors. Qianlong
Painted to the center of the plate with a large roundel with three ‘troubadours’, with one, a dandified male wearing flowing locks, tricorn hat, billowing robes, ribboned stockings and smart shoes, seated on rockwork and strumming at his lyre alongside barrels and two standing figures, one female, playing a triangle, the other male, with castenets, […]
A large and very fine famille rose figure of the immortal He Xiangu. Qianlong
He Xiangu is wearing a long richly decorated polychrome robe. The neckline is outlined by a scalloped blue, yellow and red motif, the long sleeves are embroidered with pink peonies against a green background, their folds match the pink and ivory colors of the front of the robe and blend into the skirt. She is […]
A famille rose sugar caster and cover decorated with flowers. Qianlong
Of a tall baluster shape on a wide, spreading foot, surmounted by a hight domed lid with a bud-shaped finial, this sugar caster is deco- rated in famille rose enamels with sprays of flowers.
A famille rose “brocade ball” teapot. Yongheng
Each side of the teapot is molded with two convex reticulated and gilt roundels encircled by petal lappets on a diaper ground, and the whole is flanked by two Buddhist lions which form the handle and the spout. The cover bears a cockerel-form finial.
A very large and rare Chinese famille rose dish for the New Spain / Mexican market
A Chinese export famille rose porcelain dish decorated in vibrant enamels depicting two double-headed eagles flanked by a wide as- sortment of flowers made for the Mexico market. Two floral arrange- ments are potted in large footed bowls decorated in vertical stripes that mirror the color schemes of the wings of each eagle. A large […]