A set of four Chinese famille tea bowls and saucer decorated with butterflies. Kangxi period
Decorated in the famille verte palette with butterflies.
A Chinese famille verte teapot decorated with the « Hundred Antiquities ». Kangxi period
Of baluster ribbed shape, with an important bamboo handle, and decorated in the famille verte palette with the “Hundred Antiquities” (bai gu), including a central archaic vase.
A pair of Chinese figures of Guanyin decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi
Each Guanyin in a royal ease on a lotus throne raised above unglazed square plinth, a ruyi sceptre held in her right hand resting on her knee and a bird perched at her left hand side, the veil and robes brightly splashed in yellow, green and aubergine enamels.
A Chinese green-glazed ogee-form Bowl. Kangxi period
Of ogee shape, with broad everted rim, covered in emerald-green glaze and a white glaze base.
A Chinese lotus-form trick cup decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
“Trick cup”, also know as « porcelain surprise », « Gong Dao Bei », « don`t be greedy cup », « fairness cup » or « puzzle cup » with the central figure of Han Zhongli, one of the eight immortels. Modeled in the form of a lotus leaf and supported on three small feet. The leafy veins […]
Two models of boat decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Each modelled with a figure standing at the doorway of the enclosed section, surmounted by roof tiles, the sides of the boat with friezes of striding dragons and flowerheads.
A pair of large Chinese famille verte dishes decorated with a jardiniere. Kangxi period
With foliate rim and moulded sides, enameled in the famille verte palette, the central roundel decorated with a jardinière filled with blooming and budding peony and rockwork, the moulded sides decorated with twelve panels alternately containing different scenes, some of them with figures.
A Chinese famille verte wine cooler. Kangxi period
Of cylindrical shape standing on a short spreading foot, enameled and gilt on each side with a bird perched on flowering peony between two butterflies in flight below pale yellow animal-mask handles over a green fish-roe band with phoenix and peony
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated in the Chinese taste. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, in the Chinese taste, with a spray of peonies in natural colors. The border has three sprays of flowers and one butterfly.
A Chinese serving dish decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit, with a flowering prunus branch in aubergine-brown enamels, the rim with half-prunus flower and a repeating diagonal line pattern.