A massive Chinese charger decorated in the imari palette. Kangxi period
Painted in underglaze blue, rouge-de-fer and gilt, decorated with scrolling lotus, chrysanthemum and peony sprays with their leafy foliage.
A very large chinese famille verte pot decorated with the ‘G-mark’. Kangxi period
Of globular form on a footring, with a curved spout and a thick loop handle, the domed cover with knob. Decorated in famille verte enamels, around the foot a green band with spirals, on the shoulder a green band with a meander motif. The body is divided into two wide panels on a ground of […]
A Chinese “duck and lotus” water dropper decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
The water dropper modelled in the form of cupped lotus leave, the knobbly hollow stalk rises up against the body of a floating duck that is attached to the leaf, water passes through the stem – to control the water flow as it is dropped onto ink. The mandarin duck glazed on the biscuit in […]
A pair of Chinese “mountain-form” brush rests decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
Decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit, with Fô dogs and a carp.
A pair of large and unusual Chinese “lavender ground” beaker vases. Kangxi period.
Two beaker vases decorated in underglaze blue and pale lavender wash, with peony and bamboo.
A large Chinese famille verte dish decorated with a fenced garden. Kangxi period
Decorated in the famille verte palette with flowers and rockwork beside a fenced garden.
A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with a scene from the Romance of the Western Chamber. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette, in the center a horseman with his servant, a building in the background surrounded by a fence. On the left a table with precious objects such as a flower vase, an incense-burner and a brush pot, books, a weir board, a lute wrapped in a cloth, ans scrolls with […]
A Chinese figure of Guanyin decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period
The deity seated on a throne and holding a small boy in her lap, her robes painted in famille verte enamels.
A pair of Chinese export porcelain shell shaped dishes. Kangxi period
The shell-dishes lightly moulded and finely enamelled in the traditional imari palette with sprays of flowers.
A Chinese blue & white lotus-shaped dish. Kangxi period.
Formed as a lotus flower with nine radiating petals, similarly painted at the centre with insects in flight above a grasshopper perched on rockwork beside chrysanthemum an peony sprays, below nine lappets enclosing mandarin ducks on a lotus pond, a pair of birds beside a prunus branch, a pair of birds perched on a willow […]