A large Chinese famille verte dish 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 large powder blue dish decorated with panels of flowers. Kangxi period
Decorated with a powder blue ground and panels in the famille verte palette.
A Chinese “buddhist lion” stand decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Of octagonal form and decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit with Buddhist lions standing on a beribboned brocade ball.
A Chinese pair of buddhist lions decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, represented sitting on cylindrical bases, the mouth open, the eyes mobile, a ribbon of bells and pompons around the neck.
A Chinese ewer decorated in the famille verte palette. Kangxi period
Decorated in the famille verte palette with a Dutch or French mounts.
A Chinese “brinjal” bowl decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Bowl with rounded sides and a wide flaring rim, standing on a short, straight foot ring. The exterior incised with a repeating pattern of flowering branches painted in green and yellow enamels and a clear glaze, on an aubergine-brown enamel ground. A small lingzhi fungus is incised in the centre of the interior. The recessed […]
A very large chinese famille verte pot decorated with the ‘G-mark’. Kangxi period
Of globular form on a footring, with a curved spout and a thick loop handle, the domed cover with knob. Decorated in famille verte enamels, around the foot a green band with spirals, on the shoulder a green band with a meander motif. The body is divided into two wide panels on a ground of […]
A Chinese “duck and lotus” water dropper decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
The water dropper modelled in the form of cupped lotus leave, the knobbly hollow stalk rises up against the body of a floating duck that is attached to the leaf, water passes through the stem – to control the water flow as it is dropped onto ink. The mandarin duck glazed on the biscuit in […]
A pair of Chinese “mountain-form” brush rests decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, with Fô dogs and a carp.
A large Chinese famille verte dish decorated with a fenced garden. Kangxi period
Decorated in the famille verte palette with flowers and rockwork beside a fenced garden.