A Chinese figure of an immortal decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Figure of an immortal seated on a hexagonal base, decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, the face, beard and left hand covered with transparent lead glaze. Three sides of the base have geometrical patterns and rosettes in enamels ; the three sides at the back with sprays of flower and a brocade ball.
A Chinese export porcelain shell shaped dish. Kangxi period
The shell-dish lightly moulded and finely enamelled in shades of green, yellow and black with a quatrefoil ruyi medallion flanked by flowering prunus and magnolia branches, the border with a scroll band in underglaze blue.
A Chinese teapot decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Of hexagonal form with a squared bamboo style handle, painted on each side with cartouches of foliage with a pierced rock on a diaper ground, all below a ‘cracked ice‘ ground with scattered prunus blossoms on the shoulder, the lid enameled with friezes below a lotus bud finial, the s-curved spout painted with upright leaves.
A pair of Chinese buddhist lions decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit and seated on pierced rectangular bases, facing left and right, the femal with a cub at its feet, the male with a brocade ball.
A Chinese wall vase decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
A hollow, baluster-shaped wall vase, with a rounded body, a tall foot ring, a flat back and small hole at the top for hanging. It has been decorated with an applied chrysanthemum flower in the center and applied monster mask at the neck. The front painted with yellow, green, and aubergine-purple enamels in the “egg-and-spinach” […]
A Chinese export coral-glazed tomato group modeled as a pyramid. Jiaqing period
Decorated with a coral-glazed, modeled as a pyramid of tomatoes.
A Chinese figure of a parrot 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. Its head is turned slightly to the right and the beak is open. The body is decorated with two shades of green enamel and the eyes are pencilled in black, while the claws and beak are left in the […]
A Chinese figure group of musicians decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Composed of a man and a woman, both standing on a rectangular pedestal with one leg raised as if dancing, and each playing a musical instrument. The group is decorated in light aubergine-purple, light green and yellow enamels on the biscuit.
A large Chinese famille verte “aiguière à crosse”. Kangxi period.
Modelled after a European silver shape with an incurving bracket handle, spreading foot and moulded bearded human mask under the spout, enamelled around the body with a bird perched on a camellia branch above moulded elongated petals reserved on a seeded-green ground, the foot with similar smaller petals, repeated again to form a rope-twist design […]
A Chinese armorial famille verte armorial charger for the Dutch market (Thomas Ray of Ostende). Kangxi period
Decorated with the famille verte and gilt, with a central cypher.