A Chinese famille verte biscuit libation cup. Kangxi

In the form of an oval bowl with slightly tapering sides and a broad pouring lip. The rectangular handle is supported by two chilong dragons applied one on either side and another two dragons are applied under the lip. The cup is covered with a very thin layer of transparent glaze and painted with famille […]

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.