A pair of Chinese parrots decorated in famille verte enamels. Kangxi
Naturalistically moulded in two halves, perched on a sancai pierced rock work base and with folded wings with plump bodies. The plumage of the parrots glazed with a vibrant emerald green enameling.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of an immortal. Kangxi
Decorated in the famille verte palette, the bearded figure is seated, wearing a belted robe and holding a stem and an ingot.
A Chinese powder blue teapot with a Xiezhi. Kangxi (1662-1722) with silver mounting (French, 1722/1726)
Modelled in a shape of a barrel, with a band of raised dots around the upper and lower sections, a curved handle on one side and a right spout on the other side, standing on a straight foot ring, and a flat cover with a finial in the shape of a buddhist lion. On either […]
A Chinese powder blue teapot decorated with the Hundred Antiques. Kangxi
Modelled in a shape of a barrel, with a band of raised dots around the upper and lower sections, a curved handle on one side and an s-shaped spout on the other side, standing on a straight foot ring, and a flat cover with a finial in the shape of a buddhist lion. It is […]
A turquoise glazed compressed water pot. Kangxi
Of compressed form, and enameled with a bright turquoise glazed. The back is glazed.
A rare famille verte biscuit figure of Xianlong Luohan, the dragon tamer. Kangxi
The luohan is cast seated with his legs pendant, his left hand is holding an alms bowl, and his right arm is raised, holding a pearl in his right hand. The slightly tilted head looks towards his left hand; his face cast with exaggerated facial features with a broad, hooked nose and large bulging eyes. […]
A large Chinese figure of parrot with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi
Perched on a pierced rockwork, base splashed in aubergine and green, 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 famille verte figure of Guanyin in a grotto. Kangxi
Well modeled, the Goddess of Mercy seated on a lotus pedestal rising from a dark craggy grotto towering behind her. She is flanked by the Golden Youth, Xancai and the Jade Maiden, Longnu. The biscuit glazed in dark-brown, ivory-white, and green with the hair painted black. The base left unglazed.
A Chinese famille verte biscuit figure of a woman and a squirrel. Kangxi
The figure has been molded and decorated in the famille verte enamels, with a yellow coat over a green undergarment, and holds a bag in her left hand. Covering her right hand is a cloth, left in the biscuit with remnants of cold-painted red pigment, upon which is perched an aubergine-glazed tree squirrel. The hair […]
A Chinese famille verte biscuit cockerel. Kangxi
The cockerel finely modeled, standing rock work base with grass, the details of his plumage ridged, incised and splashed in colored glazes. Eyes, ears, comb and wattles are left in biscuit.