An unusual Chinese blue and white domed cover and stand. First half of the 18th c.
An unusual and massive rouge-de-fer and gilt charger with figures. Kangxi
Decorated in rouge-de-fer and gilt, the central panel decpiting figures with luxurious garments drinking tea around a table in an outdoor terrace beside a balcony with seats, rock works and a pine. The cavetto with four cartouches reserved on a diaper ground and the everted rim with four vignettes with Chinese ladies reserved on a […]
A blanc-de-chine group depicting Tudi. China, Kangxi
The group depicts Tudi seated on a throne between two attendants, one holding a tablet, with the inscription zhaocai ‘bringing money’, on a demi-lune base, moulded with a flowerhead and leaves issuing from rockwork, covered in a cream glaze.
A rare and very fine Chinese blue and white figural plate. Kangxi
Decorated in underglaze blue, depicting Guo Ziyi without armor, deterring an enemy riding on his horse with his attendant in a rocky landscape, the sky painted in a pale blue. The back of the plate with a lozenge in a double circle underglaze blue, one of the Eight Precious Symbols. symbol of victory and success.
A large famille verte figure of Li Bai. Kangxi
The poet is represented drunk and reclining upon a partly overturned wine-jar of oviform-shape. He wears an official hat and holds a wine cup while reclining on a gourd-shaped wine jar. He is bearded, and is wearing a yellow robe.
A large Chinese blue and white “dragon and carp” dish. Kangxi
Painted in tones of cobalt blue with a large sinewy dragon thrusts its self up through crashing waves and chasing the flaming pearl. On the left a carp is mutating into a small dragon and leaps from the foaming sea. The border with crashing waves and prunus flower-heads, the back of the dish with a seal mark.
A famille verte biscuit water-dropper in the shape of Liu Hai. Kangxi
The smiling figure is modelled wearing a sleeveless garment and trousers, he holds a coin in his left hand and his raised right hand raised holding a lotus. He is seated on a large three-legged toad decorated in green enamels and eyes picked out in black.
A dark aubergine-violet glazed “ bowl. Kangxi
The bowl is moulded on the exterior with a double ring and incised with motif of thin lines.
A dark aubergine-violet glazed “magnolia” libation cup. Kangxi
Modeled in the shape of an open magnolia flower calyx on a tem visible at the underside.
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.