A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with a deer. Kangxi period.

Decorated in famille verte translucent enamels, with six cranes bordered on the rim by a fish-roe band, peony branches reserved in cartouches at the well on a star-diaper border, central scene of a yellow spotted deer amongst lingzhi, bamboo shoots, and rocks beneath a pine tree, the sun, clouds, and a crane in flight above, […]

A very fine Chinese famille verte panel decorated with the Empress. Kangxi

A Chinese fragment of a larger and rounded panel, decorated in the famille verte panel, with an old Chinese empress sit on an armchair, and next to her, three court ladies, one of them carrying a baby. To the left of the Empress, one of the 100 different ways to write the character shou, which means […]

A Chinese famille verte biscuit libation cup. Kangxi

In the form of an oval bowl with slightly tapering sides and a broad pouring lip. The rectangular handle is supported by two chilong dragons applied one on either side and another two dragons are applied under the lip. The cup is covered with a very thin layer of transparent glaze and painted with famille […]