A pair of Chinese brush washers decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
In the form of small, white-soled shoe; glazed in green, with raised detailing in brown. The shoes has traces of black staining in the unglazed interiors, indicating it was used for rinsing inky brushes. Those charming objects were not merely functional items, but also conversation pieces with symbolic meanings.
A rare famille jaune group depicting the immortal Zhongli Quan on his vessel. Kangxi
The sculpture is decorated in the famille jaune palette. The immortal Zhongli Quan is sitting on a vessel, the double gourd of the elixir of immortality behind his back. He is holding the magical fan, his passage to immortality.
A famille verte biscuit figure of Li Bai. Kangxi
The drunken poet seated with his legs crossed, wrapped in a long robe, wearing a court official’s hat, dressed in yellow robes and with tall boots, leaning on a large green-glazed jar of rice wine
A famille verte “five peaks mountain” brush rest. Kangxi
The brush rest is moulded and decorated on the front side with a scene most likely depicting an episode of the novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, titled ‘Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage’ where Liu Bei, accompanied by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, attempts to enlist the services of the brilliant strategist Zhuge Liang. […]
An exceptional and very massive pair of emerald green-glazed parrots. Kangxi
Of an exceptional size, naturalistically molded in two halves, perched on a pierced rock work base and with folded wings with plump bodies. The plumage of the parrots very detailed, and glazed with a vibrant emerald green enameling.
A Chinese sancai crab water pot. Kangxi
This oval water pot is modelled as a crab, with protruding eyes picked out in black, the remainder splashed in brown-aubergine, green and yellow, a circular aperture on the top encircled by a band of incised overlapping petals.
A massive Chinese armorial charger made for the Right Honourable Spencer Compton, Speaker of the House of Commons
Encircled by sinuous writhing dragons, leaping carp and other auspicious symbols of Chinese mythology, with a bold European coat of arms in baroque style which fills the centre, this magnificent charger decorated in Kangxi famille verte enamels is from perhaps the most visually dramatic of the first twenty armorial services made for the British market […]
A rare square “flowers of the four seasons” brush pot. Kangxi
Of square form, decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, the sides penciled in black with flowers of the four seasons including chrysanthemum, prunus, lotus and peony in green ground panels within recessed aubergine borders outlined in black, the corners picked out in yellow between green bands around the rim and base and the […]
A Chinese famille verte teapot. Kangxi
Of flattened ovoid form with “C” shaped handle, curved spout and low domed cover with knop finial, the body decorated in the Kakiemon palette with sprays of flowers, the eight-lobed melon form body enamelled in close imitation of Japanese Kakiemon style ware, each panel framed in blue, depicting various flowering plants; flower-scroll borders encircle the […]
A large Chinese famille verte – rose dish decorated with a « family scene ». Yongzheng
Decorated with an unusual mixed palette, with a central scene depicting a family. The father activates a grinding machine while his wife pours wheat from a sack onto a board. A bag is next to the machine to receive the flour under the watchful eyes of their son, symbol of family happiness. On the rim, a […]