A Chinese Export Porcelain gilt and puce « Batavia » plate. Qianlong
Decorated with natives, Eastern merchants, the god Mercury and a lion before a flag monogrammed V.O.C for the Dutch East India Company, the foreground inscribed ‘BATAVIA’.
An unusual Chinese en grisaille plate with a European decoration. Qianlong
Decorated en grisaille and gilt, with a central cartouche after the painting of Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617), Le Printemps, (originally printed by Jan Saenredam (1565-1607)), print by Picard, the gilt in the Meissen style.
A puce ‘judgment of Paris’ plate. Qianlong
Enameled with Paris offering the golden apple to Venus while Juno and Minerva look on, within a du Paquier style border.
A Chinese armorial charger for the English market (Douglas). Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, the arms are intended for Douglas of Cavers, in Co. Roxburgh, Argent an human heart gules unsigned with an imperial crown, on a chief azure three stars of the first within a bordure of the second ; crest, A dexter hand holding a broken lance endwise; motto ‘Do or die’.
A Chinese armorial teapot and sugar pot French market (Monti de Rezé). Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette with the coat of arms of Monti de Rezé to the center of plate.
A Chinese famille rose plate after Maria Sybille Merian. Qianlong period
Finely enamelled at the centre with a white-bodied caterpillar crawling on the leaf of a blue iris, beside another with green body crawling amongst the petals of an orchid, a butterfly hovering above, enclosed by an underglaze blue and gilt floral band in the well and a broad band of elaborate strap work, acanthus leaves […]
A pair of Chinese Export lighthouse coffee pots. Qianlong
Of typical conical shape, with bird spout and elaborate shaped handle, painted in underglaze blue, the stepped foot with two decorative borders, the domed cover decorated en-suite.
A Chinese armorial cup for the Dutch market (Sichterman). Qianlong
Decorated in underglazed blue with a floral border, and by a gilt and iron-red coat-of-arms surmounted by a coronet.
A large Chinese polychrome charger decorated with a mythological subject. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a central scene depicting Minerva standing over and protecting the sleeping Telemachus from Cupid and Venus amongst clouds.
A Chinese Canton enamel on copper teapot. Qianlong
A square-shaped teapot with slightly indented corners, short neck and domed lid, standing on curved feet. It has a square section curved spout and flat shoulder surmounted by a tall handle with indented corners. It is decorated with polychrome enamels on a white ground, which include pink, blue yellow, turquoise iron-red, black and gold. Each side […]