An unusual Chinese famille verte teapot. Kangxi
The teapot is decorated in the famille verte palette, with flower sprigs done in underglaze blue iron red and green enamels. The spout, handle and decorative pattern in relief on the body of this very unusual teapot are modeled as ropes, painted in aubergine enamels.
A very fine pair of biscuit Buddhist lions. China, Kangxi
The Buddhist lions are decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, each seated on a large plinth. The male lion has a brocade ball at its feet, while the female lion is accompanied by a lion cub. Both lions have stick holders on their backs.
A Chinese famille verte dish from the Dresden collection. Kangxi
Decorated in famille verte enamels with a lady holding a fan and a boy in a rocky garden with a fence. The left of the background is decorated with the roof of a pavilion in clouds and a moon. The rim is painted with four cartouches reserved on a ground with lotus flowers and scrolls. […]
A Chinese famille verte tureen and stand for the French market. Kangxi / Yongzheng
Modeled after a European faience original, each oval hexagonal tureen has lightly fluted sides and rim, its cover surmounted is surmounted by a finial in the shape of a green-glazed eel doubly-coiled. The cover, sides and stand are brightly enameled and gilded with bold clusters of hibiscus and peony amongst smaller flowers and foliage, all […]
A Chinese ‘egg-and-spinach’ biscuit-enamelled bowl. Kangxi
Decorated on the biscuit with green, yellow and aubergine-purple enamels in a loose “egg-and-spinach” pattern the base glazed white and with an underglaze-blue seal mark.
A pair of Chinese parrots decorated in famille verte enamels. Kangxi
Naturalistically moulded in two halves, perched on a sancai pierced rock work base and with folded wings with plump bodies. The plumage of the parrots glazed with a vibrant emerald green enameling.
A large Chinese figure of Avalokitesvara painted in the green Fahua palette. Ming
The bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin) is seated on a lotus pedestal in the maharaja-lila, the posture of the “royal ease”, with the right knee raised and the left sole turned up, the right hand pointing down in the bhumisparsa-mudra, the “gesture of earth witness”, the left hand resting in the lap with inward-bent thumb in the […]
A Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of an immortal. Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte palette, the bearded figure is seated, wearing a belted robe and holding a stem and an ingot.
A rare famille verte biscuit figure of Xianlong Luohan, the dragon tamer. Kangxi
The luohan is cast seated with his legs pendant, his left hand is holding an alms bowl, and his right arm is raised, holding a pearl in his right hand. The slightly tilted head looks towards his left hand; his face cast with exaggerated facial features with a broad, hooked nose and large bulging eyes. […]
A large Chinese figure of parrot with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi
Perched on a pierced rockwork, base splashed in aubergine and green, 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.