A very massive charger for the French market. China, ca. 1720-1725

Decorated in the famille verte palette the coat- of-arms of Louis-Alexandre, comte de Toulouse, D’azur, à trois fleurs de lys d’or, au baton de gueules péri en barre, in the center. The coat-of-arms is surrounded by the collars of the orders of the Golden Fleece and the Holy Spirit. The cavetto is decorated with a […]

A powder blue wine pot. China, Kangxi

The cylindrical wine pot with a broad shoulder tapering toward the foot ring has a S-shaped spout and an ear-shaped handle. It is painted in underglaze powder blue, overglaze famille verte enamels and gold. On each side is a barbed quatrefoil panel outlined in gold and reserved in white. The wine pot presents two distinct […]

A famille verte water-dropper. China, Kangxi

The water-dropper is decorated in the famille verte palette and depicts a squirrel approaching grapevines on one of the Daoist Eight Precious Things, an artemisia leaf, a symbol of felicity, healing and health.

Two large famille verte baluster-shaped jars. China, Kangxi

The baluster-shaped large jars decorated in the famille verte palette have domed covers with a finial in the form of a bud and a short, wide, slightly tapered neck with everted round rim. The body of each vase is covered in rich translucent enamels: several shades of green, iron-red, bright blue, yellow, aubergine and black […]

A Chinese famille verte guglet water bottle. Kangxi

Pear-shaped with a slightly flaring mouth, decorated with six vertical panels of flowering plants and cockerels in the famille verte palette on a “rouge-de-fer” and white floral ground, a cell diaper and green lotus leaves around the neck.