A Chinese blue and white jar with two archaistic floral dragons. Kangxi
The oviform jar is finely potted and decorated in cobalt blue with two three-clawed archaistic floral dragons grasping a lotus sprays around the body interspersed with ruyi-clouds, flames and two of the Eight Treasures (the double Cash coins and the Artemisia leaf). Half of the body of the dragon already became like a part of […]
An aubergine and turquoise-glazed ‘Cadogan’ ewer. Kangxi
A-peached-shaped ewer with a branch-like spout bearing two leafy stems extending on to the body. It is supported by a splayed foot. The whole piece is covered in a deep lustrous aubergine glaze with turquoise splashes. The recessed aubergine-glazed base has a central aperture and an unglazed footrim.
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.
An imari armorial plate for the French market (Thomas-Auguste Miniac of Saint-Malo). Kangxi
Painted in the centre in characteristic Imari palette, underglaze blue, rouge-de-fer and gilding with the coat-of-arms of Miniac, Quaterly: 1 and 4, gules, an eagle displayed argent between five billets of the last, three and four; 2 and 3, azure, a cross cantoned with four crescent or, within a roptwist border enclosed by scrollwork and […]
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 cat turquoise and aubergine nightlight. 18th century
Enameled in bright turquoise, aubergine and yellow, this molded porcelain figure of a crouching cat is hollow with no base. It is pierced with large holes for the eyes and mouth and has an opening in its back. Its teeth and tongue are finely executed. Its ears are pricked and its long tail is curled around its […]
Two Chinese turquoise-glazed vases with birds. Kangxi
Of moulded form and depicting on each side two birds perched on rocks amongts flowers.
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.