A pair of Chinese libation cups decorated in famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
After an archaic bronze form, each applied with a handle flanked by chilong dragons, two further green dragons on the underside of the mouth, all on a famille verte simulated bronze ground.
A large Chinese figure of parrot with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
Perched on a pierced rockwork, base splashed in aubergine, the bird glaze in tones of green with feather-markings delineated in black, standing with head slightly turned in attentive attitude, the pupils picked out in black and the black and legs left unglazed.
A Chinese linglong famille verte biscuit black-ground wine ewer. Kangxi period.
Each side has three molded and reticulated panels containing prunus, pine, and bamboo (The Three Friends of Winter), reserved on a black-enameled ground, between lappets below and lotus scroll on the shoulder, all between the fish-form handle and upturned spout. The molded and reticulated cover is decorated with further prunus blossoms.
A very tall Chinese blue and white baluster vase and cover. Kangxi period
Of slender baluster form, moulded and decorated with swirling panels enclosing flowers, between lappet-shaped floral panels and shoulder, the domed cover similarly decorated with stepped finials.
A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with a foliate. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette and gilt, with a foliate and lotus pendant within border panels of blossoming trees.
A Chinese famille verte dish decorated with a qilin and a fenghuang. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette, with a qilin and a fenghuang, floral sprigs to reverse and underglaze blue artemisia leaf symbol within a double blue circle to base.
A large Chinese famille verte octogonal charger. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette with a large willow and birds, the pie-crust rim richly enameled with cartouches of insects and flowers.
An extremely large Chinese blue and white charger decorated with a large pagoda and figures. Kangxi period.
Painted in underglaze blue and decorated with a pavilion flanked by a bird perched on a tall column, a similar bird on stylised triangular rockwork, a figure who looks European and two worshipers, within tall asters and a matching border at the rim, and beneath a similar spray of asters.
Two Chinese turquoise glazed water droppers modelled as mythical fish. Kangxi period.
Decorated in turquoise glazed and modelled as as mythical fish.
A Chinese doucai dish decorated with chrysanthemum and peony. Kangxi period.
Painted with a central lotus roundel within a broad band of peonies, chrysanthemums and lotus, the rim with floral cartouches on a geometric ground.