A large Chinese figure of parrot with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
Perched on a pierced rockwork, base splashed in aubergine, the bird glaze in tones of green with feather-markings delineated in black, standing with head slightly turned in attentive attitude, the pupils picked out in black and the black and legs left unglazed.
A Chinese linglong famille verte biscuit black-ground wine ewer. Kangxi period.
Each side has three molded and reticulated panels containing prunus, pine, and bamboo (The Three Friends of Winter), reserved on a black-enameled ground, between lappets below and lotus scroll on the shoulder, all between the fish-form handle and upturned spout. The molded and reticulated cover is decorated with further prunus blossoms.
A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with a foliate. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette and gilt, with a foliate and lotus pendant within border panels of blossoming trees.
A Chinese famille verte dish decorated with a qilin and a fenghuang. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette, with a qilin and a fenghuang, floral sprigs to reverse and underglaze blue artemisia leaf symbol within a double blue circle to base.
A large Chinese famille verte octogonal charger. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette with a large willow and birds, the pie-crust rim richly enameled with cartouches of insects and flowers.
A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with buddhist attributes. Kangxi period.
Decorated in famille verte enamels, with buddhist attributes to the center.
A Chinese famille verte ice-ground gu vase. Kangxi period.
Decorated in famille verte enamels, with an ice-ground and flowers of chrysanthemum. Silver French mounts.
A Chinese famille verte plate from a pair decorated with a fenghuang. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte enamels, with a central medallion enclosing a fenghuang flying over rocks and flowers, surrounded by a band of prunus branche, the rim painted with four flowers and butterflies cartouches on a cell-diaper ground.
A pair of Chinese famille verte plates decorated with a boy. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte enamels, to the central roundel with a boy, surrounded by a flowering scrolls at the well.
A Chinese famille verte armorial lobed “Province dish” with the arms of Hainaut. Kangxi period.
Painted in the famille verte palette and gilt, the center with the coat-of-arms of the Dutch province of Henegouwen (Hainaut), above the legend ‘Henegovw’ on a ground of birds, butterflies and flower-sprays, bordered by lotus-petal panels of figures in gardens alternating with vases and jardinières of flowers on a diaper-pattern ground.