A large Chinese blue and white “equestrian warriors” deep dish. Kangxi period. Chenghua mark.
Decorated in underglazed blue and painted in the center with five warriors each astride a galloping horse, within eight radiating ovoid panels enclosing alternating prunus and peony trees, reserved on a scale pattern ground, the underside of the rim with flowering branches and ruyi-heads. Apocryphal Chenghua mark in underglaze blue.
An unusual doucai plate decorated with a floral design. Kangxi period.
Decorated in doucai enamels, with a floral design comprising peonies, bamboo, lotus and chrysanthemum.
A large Chinese famille verte jug and cover. Kangxi period.
The body of pear form standing on a splayed foot encircled by a petal border in green enamels and rouge-de-fer, the sides encircled by a formal borders and a central horizontal floral frieze, the border around the rim repeated on the low domed cover pierced with a hole corresponding to another on the bold loop […]
A Chinese famille verte plate decorated with figures. Kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette, with two ladies in a fenced garden outside a walled enclosure, the rim encircled by a green-ground diaper border decorated with a bright iron-red flowerheads spaced between panels in reserve alternately enclosing butterflies and cicadas.
A Chinese famille verte “mandarin ducks” charger. Kangxi period
Painted and gilt with a central medallion depicting mandarin ducks in a lotus pond, within a border of the Eight Daoist Immortals riding upon mythical beasts amongst foaming waves.
A Chinese blue and white plate decorated with figures. Kangxi period.
Decorated in underglazed blue, with two ladies in a garden.
A Chinese blue & white dish decorated with figures. Kangxi period.
Decorated in underglazed blue, the raised center is decorated with an interior scene with figures, surrounded by prunus, peonies, chrysanthemums and water lilies. The everted rim is decorated with further scenes of ladies.
A Chinese famille verte dish decorated with a carp. kangxi period.
Decorated in the famille verte palette to the interior with three buddhistic lions frolicking on rocky promontories alternating with three horses prancing on stylized circular waves, all encircling a central medallion of a carp leaping from froth-capped waves, the everted rim decorated with shaped panels of various sea creatures reserved against a iron-red and gilt floral […]
A Chinese famille verte “mandarin ducks” dish. Kangxi period
Painted and gilt with a central medallion depicting mandarin ducks in a lotus pond, within a border of the Eight Daoist Immortals riding upon mythical beasts amongst foaming waves.
A Chinese famille verte teapot decorated with a lion and a phoenix. Kangxi period.
Decorated in underglazed blue and famille verte enamels with a lion and a phoenix.