A Chinese blue & white plate decorated with figures. Kangxi period
Decorated in underglaze blue, with Chinese ladies in a pavilion.
An unsual Chinese Blanc-de-Chine relief-decorated beaker. Kangxi period
On a stem and with a relief-decoration of butterflies and sprays of flowers.
A Chinese blanc-de-Chine miniature teapot. Kangxi period
Of globular form decorated in relief with plum blossom branches.
A large Chinese famille verte dish decorated with flowers. Kangxi period
Decorated in the famille verte palette with a central medallion and sprays of flowers.
A Chinese famille verte dish decorated for the Islamic market (Kangxi period)
Decorated in the Persian floriated style with six palmettes around a central medallion containing a central flower blossom and band of foliage, the rim with a stylized floral band
A ‘Blanc-de-Chine’ Dehua figure of “Adam”. Kangxi period
A standing figure of a man draped in a cloth and bare from the waist up, wearing bracelets, on rockwork base, covered in a cream glaze.
A Chinese lion joss stick holder decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, standing on four feet and looking to the right, with moveable eyeballs and on an Artemisia leaf-shaped base which symbolized the driving away of evil.
A Chinese “squirrel” water-dropper decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit, modeled holding fruiting vine branches in his mouth, and facing slightly to the left.
A pair of Chinese famille verte dishes decorated with sea shell monsters. Kangxi period
Each decorated in the famille verte palette, with foliate and scalloped rims, enamelled and gilt with sea shell monsters, shen and flaming pearls amongst swirling waves, the border with panels with further shen and birds and flowers
Two turquoise-glaze and underglaze blue Chinese figures of Budai. Kangxi/Yongzheng period
Two Budai, the god of happiness, modelled in a seated pose, with flowing robes, leaving their bellies exposed, a string of beads in their left hand, one decorated in turquoise-glaze, with a short cylindrical joss-stick holder to one side, the other decorated in underglaze blue.