A Chinese figure of a scholar 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 are undecorated except for a stylized flower or a […]
A Chinese famille verte “Stanislaw pattern” dish. Kangxi period
Painted in the famille verte palette and gilt with a jardiniere of peonies, chrysanthemums, pine and others flowers in a fenced garden to the center, the border with shaped panels of birds and butterflies in flowering gardens on underglazed-blue grounds reserved with chysanthemum sprays and scrolling foliage, the underside with flowering branches and panels of […]
A pair of Chinese famille verte dishes decorated with deers. Kangxi period
Decorated in the famille verte palette with cartouches of deers and cranes.
A pair of Chinese famille verte café-au-lait-ground plates decorated with buddhist attributs. Kangxi period
Decorated with à café-au-lait-ground and decorated with attributs in the famille verte palette.
A large Chinese famille verte dish decorated with flowers. Kangxi period
Decorated in the famille verte palette with a central medallion and sprays of flowers.
A Chinese famille verte dish decorated for the Islamic market (Kangxi period)
Decorated in the Persian floriated style with six palmettes around a central medallion containing a central flower blossom and band of foliage, the rim with a stylized floral band
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 four feet and looking to the right, with moveable eyeballs and on an Artemisia leaf-shaped base which symbolized the driving away of evil.
A Chinese “squirrel” water-dropper decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit, modeled holding fruiting vine branches in his mouth, and facing slightly to the left.
A pair of Chinese famille verte dishes decorated with sea shell monsters. Kangxi period
Each decorated in the famille verte palette, with foliate and scalloped rims, enamelled and gilt with sea shell monsters, shen and flaming pearls amongst swirling waves, the border with panels with further shen and birds and flowers
A Chinese famille verte dish decorated with “The Mother of the West”. Kangxi period
With shaped, lobed tim and deep well, decorated in rouge-de-fer, gold and famille verte enamels, with a maiden-goddess bearing a spray of fruit on a terrace, while a spotted yellow deer runs beside her, looking up. The rim in rouge-de-fer and gold, the design in imitation of Kraakware.