A Chinese export mandarin palette punch bowl. Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with mandarins.
A set of five Chinese Export “Tobacco Leaf” plates. Qianlong period.
Decorated in underglaze blue, polychrome enamels, and gold, with a pair of pheasants amongst leaves and flower blossoms beneath two squirrels on the branches of a vine, three prunus sprays on the revers, gold edge on the lobed rim.
A Chinese export mandarin palette punch bowl. Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with mandarins.
A Chinese famille rose domed cover decorated with flowers. Yongzheng / Qianlong period
Bell-shaped domed cover with a small rim and mushroom-shaped finial on top. The decoration painted in famille rose enamels and gilding, with several different diapers and treillis patterned bands on the outside, the central design prunus and peonies.
A pair of Chinese famille rose “Valentine” pattern plates. Qianlong period
Enamelled at the centre with a long-tailed bird in flight beside a tree intertwined with a long floral garland below which two hounds and three smaller beasts recline, with a mountain in the background and in the foreground a flowering shrub, two ribboned halberds, a vessel and a stylized helmet, all within a gilt shell-scroll […]
A Chinese “Mandarin pattern” famille rose five-pieces garniture. Qianlong period
Comprising a pair of bottle vases and three baluster vases, decorated in the famille rose palette with figures at leisure in pavilions and courtyards with river landscapes beyond, all reserved on a flower ground.
A Chinese Export en grisaille plate decorated with the Crucifixion. Qianlong period
The religious subject finely painted in the center in tones of black enamel enriched with gilt highlights, a crowd of mourners and onlookers below Christ and the two thieves and the Roman soldiers gambling in the foreground, the border decorated in the Du Pasquier style.
A pair of octogonal ruby ground large dishes decorated with a Chinese lady. Yongzheng/Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a central scene of a lady and two boys, the rim with quatrefoil panels of flowers reserved in a deep pink enamel.
An unusual Chinese sépia and en grisaille “Fortune Teller” sauceboat. Qianlong period
Of European silver shape with deeply scalloped rims and molded edges, decorated en grisaille, sepia and gilt, in an unusual color choice, with a scene inspired in the engraving The gipsy Fortune Teller, by John Smith (1652-1743). A European gentleman, dismounted from his horse, accompanied by two young men, presents his hand to a fortune-teller. […]
A pair of large Chinese Export Pompadour wine coolers. Qianlong period
Decorated with famille rose enamels in the Pompadour pattern.