A Chinese Dutch-decorated Kakiemon-style “chilong” bottle vase. Kangxi
The pear-shaped bottle vase with a body rising from a slightly splayed foot to a tall slender cylindrical neck with an applied underglaze-blue moulded dragon to the shoulder and painted in iron-red and enamels with exotic birds beside lotus, a tiger, chrysanthemum and prunus.
A Chinese famille verte “bamboo” teapot. Kangxi
The body of the teapot is modelled as a bundle of bamboo stalks, with finely rendered nodes and grooves. This motif continues in the spout and handle, both shaped as partially peeled bamboo stems. The cover follows the undulating section of the stalks, and its finial takes the form of a small curved branch. The […]
Two famille verte biscuit models of pyramids of lychees. China, Kangxi
Each modeled as a tiered pyramid of clustered lychees rising from a fluted circular base, the fruits realistically rendered with their distinctive textured skins in green, yellow, and aubergine enamels, interspersed with green leaves. The pyramids are arranged in three ascending registers, surmounted by a single large fruit at the top. The naturalistic modelling and […]
A pair of famille verte lotus water droppers. China, Kangxi
Naturalistically modeled in the form of a lotus leaf and seedpod, each water dropper is formed with a bowl from the upturned leaf. The piece is decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, the exterior and interior covered in translucent green, while the tops of the seedpods are picked out in aubergine. A long […]
A famille verte sweetmeat dish. China, Kangxi
Finely potted and shallow with a stylised bat outline and notched rim, the dish is enamelled on the biscuit in the famille verte palette—translucent greens with egg-yolk yellow and aubergine, all outlined in black. The recessed well depicts four horses grazing and resting beneath a pale sun or moon amid drifting clouds. A broad border […]
Three famille verte sweetmeat dishes. China, Kangxi
The set comprising a hexagonal dish and a matched pair of pentagonal, roof-shaped dishes, enameled in the famille verte palette with black-ground reserves (so-called famille noire), Each interior presents a green dragon coiling among flames and clouds in pursuit of the flaming pearl, the scene set within a recessed black cartouche and enclosed by a […]
A pair of famille verte / noire sweetmeat dishes. China, Kangxi
Each small, shallow dish is of five-sided house/roof outline with slightly flared sides and a flat rim. The interior is centred by a glossy black panel painted with a lively, scaly dragon in yellow and green enamels, writhing among flame and cloud scrolls and confronting the flaming pearl. The panel is framed by a broad […]
A large famille verte “Stanislaw pattern” charger. China, Kangxi
Decorated in underglaze blue and famille verte enamels. The centre with an exuberant flower vase on a terrace with double fences on each side, surrounded by a border in blue with six reserved cartouches filled with butterflies and chrysanthemums. The sides and rim with three irregularly shaped fields filled with flowering plants at a rock, […]
A large and very fine Chinese famille verte Lady and cat dish. Kangxi
The large dish decorated in the famille verte palette, with a lady sit next to a table surrounded by a rich furniture with object, playing, amused, a cat in front of her.
A Chinese Sancai ink stick box. Kangxi
The sancai glazed biscuit ink stick box is decorated with crosshatch patterns on the cover.