A Chinese armorial dish for the Spanish market (1st Marquess of Ensenada). Qianlong period
Of octogonal form and decorated in the famille rose palette with the coat of arms of Zenon de Somodevilla y Bengoechea, 1st Marquess of Ensenada, 1. Purpure, an arm brandishing a sword in bend sinister argent between two Moor’s head crowned or. 2. Azure, a tower and on the sinister three mullets in pale argent. […]
A Chinese blue and white lighthouse “foxhunting” coffee pot. Qianlong
Decorated in underglaze blue, with an English foxhunting scene with pointers, in the style of James Seymour.
A very fine famille rose coffee pot with a European subject. Qianlong
After a silver-shape, and decorated in the famille rose palette with sprays of flowers and a central medallion on each side depicting a scene of gallantry with a courtship between two lovers. A young man is wooing a lady on a window sill. She has a basket of red berries on her knees, with a parrot […]
A rare, fine and large famille rose group of lovers. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, and depicting a couple with a man seated on a bench-like rock with a lady in his arms who is cleaning his ears. The woman’s hair is worn in a chignon held in place by a pin. She wears a deep blue robe with a cloud scroll motifs. One of […]
A very fine famille rose “Madame de Pompadour” sugar pot. Yongzheng / Qianlong
Enameled with two eagles and two fish within feathery foliage below lotus seed pods, lychee, peony and other fruiting and flowering stems.
An unusual Chinese blue and white domed cover and stand. First half of the 18th c.
A Chinese armorial tea set for the French Market (Alexandre de La Motte-Baracé). China, Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with the coat-of-arms of La Motte-Baracé, D’argent au lion de sable, cantonné de quatre merlettes de même (which is Fougerolles), chargé en cœur d’un écusson d’argent à la fasce de gueules, fleurdelisée de six pièces (which is Lamotte). Maltese cross and coat-of-arms supported by two lions.
A famille rose masonic armorial shaped platter for the English market. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, the center with the arms of Devan (or Deven) in a rococo cartouche, Chequy or and azure a fess gules, impaling Hellord (or Highlord), Sable a bend counter flory argent. The crest sod Devan should be A lion rampant argent ducally gorged or (here painted sable and ducally gorged). On […]
A Chinese famille rose ‘Autumn’ plate with troubadors. Qianlong
Painted to the center of the plate with a large roundel with three ‘troubadours’, with one, a dandified male wearing flowing locks, tricorn hat, billowing robes, ribboned stockings and smart shoes, seated on rockwork and strumming at his lyre alongside barrels and two standing figures, one female, playing a triangle, the other male, with castenets, […]
A large and very fine famille rose figure of the immortal He Xiangu. Qianlong
He Xiangu is wearing a long richly decorated polychrome robe. The neckline is outlined by a scalloped blue, yellow and red motif, the long sleeves are embroidered with pink peonies against a green background, their folds match the pink and ivory colors of the front of the robe and blend into the skirt. She is […]