A Chinese Imari « Governor Duff » plate. Yongzheng period
Finely decorated in the traditional imari palette, the centre with a European couple, traditionnaly thought to be Governor Duff and his wife, standing on a garden terrace beside a hound, within an elaborate floral border with four clusters of the Hundred Antiques.
A Chinese Imari type ovale tureen. First half of the XVIIIe century
Of oval shape, decorated in the Imari palette with moulded lotus petal shaped decoration around the base, large shell shaped handles at each end, and a domed cover finished with a finial in the shape of a Buddhist lion. Inside the tureen is a spray of peonies with gilt bamboo and two red flowers, a […]
A Chinese imari aspersoir. Kangxi period
Decorated in the Imari palette.
A Chinese Export ‘tobacco leaf’ pattern pomegranate-form tureen. Qianlong period
Of circular form and molded with a blue floral handle on one side, painted with yellow and puce flowers in the center surrounded by large turquoise, yellow, blue and green tobacco leaves, the cover painted with three pomegranates culminating in a blue stem-form knop that surmounts the cover
A pair of Chinese Imari « Governor Duff » plates. Yongzheng period
Finely decorated in the traditional imari palette, the centre with a European couple, traditionnaly thought to be Governor Duff and his wife, standing on a garden terrace beside a hound, within an elaborate floral border with four clusters of the Hundred Antiques.
A very large Chinese imari charger decorated with flowers. Kangxi period
Decorated with scrolling lotus, chrysanthemum and peony sprays with their leafy foliage, and panels of landscape.
A Chinese Imari ‘lighthouse’ coffee pot and cover. Yongzheng period
Of typical conical shape, with bird spout and elaborate shaped handle, painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in iron red and gilt with boughs of sprouting lilies, the stepped foot with two iron red decorative borders, the domed cover decorated en-suite
A Japanese Imari “La Dame au Parasol” plate. Edo Period
The circular dish with wide rim decorated in iron-red, black, green and aubergine enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with the well-known scene after Cornelis Pronk showing a Japanese lady in Kimono attended by her maidservant holding a paper parasol, the revers decorated with seven iron-red insects.
A Chinese imari charger decorated with landscapes. Kangxi period
Decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and gilt, with a landscape to the center, and a continuous landscape scene on the rim.
A Chinese famille rose mandarins pattern dish. Qianlong period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a medallion with mandarins.
