A Chinese famille rose ‘erotic’ group. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, the man seated and wearing a pale blue robe with a pink shou character medallion and a green skirt, the woman in a green coat with pink sleeves and underskirt, with one knee raised revealing a bound foot as she leans over to examine the man’s ear.
A Chinese armorial plate for the English market (Gordon). Qianlong
An elegantly decorated Chinese export octagonal famille rose plate bearing the arms of Gordon for the English market with a Chinese-inspired central scene and border panels depicting rural landscapes in polychrome enamels.
A Chinese armorial neoclassical ‘portrait’ plate for the Danish market. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, in overglaze polychrome enamels, including pink, green, iron red, black and gold. At the centre is a large medallion with a wavy frieze framed by gold circles enclosing the bust-length portrait of the Roman goddess Minerva wearing a Corinthian helmet in a pink ground. There is also a pink […]
A rare and fine Dutch-decorated mythological saucer dish. Yongzheng / Qianlong
A Chinese porcelain dish, with a glaze porcelain carved with scrolling foliage, and decorated in Holland after the engraving of Bernard Picard (1673-1732) for Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1732) and depicting Demeter (Ceres) relinquishing her dragons to Triptolemus.
A Chinese famille rose sconce. Qianlong
Shaped like a human arm, protruding from a flat base which forms a sleeve. The hand is partially clenched to provide a hole in the middle, through which a metal candlestick could be fitted. The sconce is decorated in overglaze enamels of the famille rose palette, including green, blue and red. The arms is painted […]
A Chinese famille rose coffee pot. Qianlong
Of cylindrical form, with rococo spout and pistol grip handle set as right angles, the cover with strawberry finial, and decorated in the famille rose palette with ladies and children in garden.
A Chinese famille rose mandarins square teapot and a jardiniere. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with mandarins, the mounts is French 19th.
A Chinese armorial charger for the Spanish Market (José Raón y Gutiérrez, Governor of the Philippines). Qianlong period
Enamelled in the famille rose palette and gilt with a central coat-of-arms for Raón y Guttiérrez, quarterly: 1. or, a gallows, in chief an arm holding a knife argent;2. azure, a tree with a wolf sable against the trunk; 3. or, four bends or and over-all a knife argent;4. azure, a tower argent between two […]
A famille rose topographical tea cup and saucer. Qianlong
Decorated in the famille rose palette and gold, with narrow band, scrolling vine, pendant blossoms, and bunches of grapes at the rim, central scene of a four-story walled building with raised drawbridge, gatehouses, and a moat in a landscape of overarching trees.
A Chinese armorial tea set for the French market. Qianlong
The tea set decorated in the famille rose palette, with the large coat of arms of Denis Bossinot de Pomphily, captain of the Compagnie des Indes, d’azur à trois grenouilles d’or (ici d’argent). Probably one of the most complete tea set for the French market, it includes one teapot, twelve cups and saucers, and a sugar pot.