A Chinese yellow glazed brush rest. Kangxi period
Of rectangular box-shaped, with three openings on the top for holding brushes. The top surface is also pierced with three openwork cash-shaped designs above a hallow space.
A pair of Chinese “egg and spinach” biscuit dishes. Kangxi
Decorated with irregular splashes of ochre, green, cream and brown stopping short of the foot ring.
Two green and yellow glazed brush rests. Kangxi
Decorated with green and yellow enamels and moulded as the five Taoist sacred mountains, with a temple.
Two Chinese turquoise glazed five peaks mountain brush rests. Kangxi
Decorated in turquoise glazed, with five peaks mountain.
A Chinese biscuit bowl decorated with flowering branches. Kangxi
The exterior incised with a repeating pattern of flowering branches, painted in green, yellow, and aubergine-brown enamels.
Two famille verte biscuit sweat meat dishes. Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte / famille jaune palette, with the Antiquities.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit-enamelled conical bowl. Kangxi
The flaring Brinjal-type bowl incised to the exterior with three floral branches and glazed in yellow and aubergine on a green ground, the interior with a similarly decorated lingzhi, the base glazed white and with an underglaze-blue seal mark
A Chinese “Chrysanthemum” salt cellar. Kangxi
Decorated in underglaze blue, shaped to the top as a chrysanthemum, the moulded petals painted with flowers, supported on a wide pierced base decorated with further flowers.
A Chinese blue and white “hunting” vase. Kangxi period
Deocorated in underglaze blue, with European figures, after a hunt.
A Chinese figure of Pixiu. Kangxi period
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, seated on a rectangular base, his head turned to the right, the leading paw protecting his baby, the mouth open and the head with a horn.