A Chinese biscuit bowl decorated with flowering branches. Kangxi
The exterior incised with a repeating pattern of flowering branches, painted in green, yellow, and aubergine-brown enamels.
Two famille verte biscuit sweat meat dishes. Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte / famille jaune palette, with the Antiquities.
A Chinese green enamel biscuit “horse” water dropper. Kangxi
Decorated in green enamels, the horse lying down, with a harness.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit-enamelled conical bowl. Kangxi
The flaring Brinjal-type bowl, decorated on the biscuit with green, yellow and aubergine-purple enamels in a loose “egg-and-spinach” pattern the base glazed white and with an underglaze-blue seal mark
A Chinese famille verte biscuit-enamelled conical bowl. Kangxi
The flaring Brinjal-type bowl incised to the exterior with three floral branches and glazed in yellow and aubergine on a green ground, the interior with a similarly decorated lingzhi, the base glazed white and with an underglaze-blue seal mark
A Chinese figure of Pixiu. Kangxi period
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, seated on a rectangular base, his head turned to the right, the leading paw protecting his baby, the mouth open and the head with a horn.
A Chinese lion joss stick holder decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, standing on three feet and looking to the left, with moveable eyeballs and on an Artemisia leaf-shaped base which symbolized the driving away of evil. Under its left front paw is a moveable yellow ball.
Five figures of parrots decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Naturalistically moulded in two halves, perched on a pierced rock work base and with folded wings, heads turned slightly to the right or the left, the beaks open. The body are decorated with shades of green enamel and the eyes are pencilled in black, while the claws and beak are left in the biscuit. The […]
A Chinese lotus water dropper decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
The vessel is formed as a cupped lotus leaf and a conjoined lotus pod with an aperture. It is covered in green and aubergine glazes. Applied inside the bottom of the bowl is a tiny crab painted in aubergine enamel, which conceal a small opening.
A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with a pine tree. Kangxi period
Decorated in the famille verte palette, to the centre with a jardiniere containing a pine tree, and with multi-coloured lingzhi fungi growing around the base of the tree. There are four floral sprays around the rim