A pair of Chinese armorial dishes for the French market (Philibert Orry, royal finance minister under Louis XV). Yongzheng period
With the arms of Orry, de gueule à un lion rampant et grimpant sur un rocher d’argent, in colors and gilt with a rocaille surrounded by a vividly enameled foliate border, the rim scalloped.
A pair of Chinese Imari « Governor Duff » plates. Yongzheng period
Finely decorated in the traditional imari palette, the centre with a European couple, traditionnaly thought to be Governor Duff and his wife, standing on a garden terrace beside a hound, within an elaborate floral border with four clusters of the Hundred Antiques.
A Chinese en grisaille and gilt plate decorated with a basket of flowers. Yongzheng period
Decorated with en grisaille, gilt and famille rose enamels with a basket of flowers.
A Chinese famille rose-noire cover set as a gilt-bronze ink stand. Yongzheng period and XIXe century
The porcelain, a cover from a vase of the Yongzheng period (1723-1735), decorated in the famille rose-noire with flowers, the ink stand made by a receptacle placed to the center of the cover, the lid with a rich rococo bronze gilt, three acanthus-shaped feet.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with figures. Yongzheng period
Delicately enamelled in pastel tones at the centre with a gentleman on horseback, with his consort walking at his side, both wearing elaborately decorated robes, their way led by an attendant carrying their belongings suspended from a pole over his shoulders, the rim with a grisaille diaper-pattern band reserved with blue enamel and gilt half […]
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a burst pomegranate. Yongzheng period
Decorated in a combination of dark underglazed blue with pink, grey, green and yellow enamels. The central motif is a pomegranate on a knobby stem with flowers and leaves and a pair of smaller flowers and laves in futile, in front and surrounding the fruit. The pomegranate has burst open to reveal its seeds. The central […]
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a lady riding a buffalo. Yongzheng period
Enamelled in the famille rose palette and gilt with a lady carrying a lotus stem and riding a buffalo over turbulent wares accompanied by two ladies attendants, one bearing a basket of peaches, all within a pale pink cell-pattern border with floral cartouches.
A pair of Chinese famille rose plates decorated with figures. Late Yongzheng / early Qianlong period
Each painted with a central scene of an official, lady and a warrior beckoning to his waiting pony, the cavetto with four cartouches containing precious objects, the rim with a border of flowers.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a couple of mandarin ducks. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a couple of mandarin ducks, symbolize of fidelity.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a lady and her attendant. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a lady and her attendant who is carrying a cithare qin, a chinese musical instrument, in front of a fenced garden decorated with rocks, shrubs and water lilies. The rim is painted with flowering branches of peonie, anemone and prunus, all executed with the balance, the elegance and the […]