A Chinese famille rose plate depicting a scene from The Romance of the Western Chamber. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in famille rose palette, with a scene from Act III of The Romance of the Western Chamber (Xi Xiang Ji) by the Yuan Dynasty playwright Wang Shifu (c.1260-1336), with Cui Yingying and her attendant Hongniang, awaiting the arrival of Zhang Sheng.
A pair of Chinese famille rose sweet meat dishes decorated with a Chinese lady. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a lady.
A Chinese famille rose charger depicting a scene from The Romance of the Western Chamber. Yongzheng period
Decorated in famille rose palette, with a scene from Act III of The Romance of the Western Chamber (Xi Xiang Ji) by the Yuan Dynasty playwright Wang Shifu (c.1260-1336), with Cui Yingying and her attendant Hongniang, awaiting the arrival of Zhang Sheng.
A Chinese famille rose teapot decorated with diapers and flowers. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a pink diaper work, a groundwork of blue diaper, and a narrow green ribbon border. Two shaped panels are painted in natural colours with a vase of flowers and fruits on a table.
A pair of Chinese famille rose charger decorated with a crane. Yongzheng/Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with peonies and a crane.
A large Chinese famille rose dish decorated with figures. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a central scene, possibly the Romance of the Western Chamber, with brightly coloured border panels and a lobed rim.
A Chinese famille rose tea bowl and saucer decorated with a cockerel. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a cockerel perched on a rockwork amongst blossoming peony and beside a seal as if copied from a painting, within a shaped floriform border reserved in gilt Y-pattern, the rim with a diaper border.
A Chinese famille rose tea bowl and saucer decorated with a cockerel. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a cockerel perched on a rockwork amongst blossoming peony and beside a butterfly, within a shaped floriform border reserved in pink Y-pattern, the rim with a diaper border.
A pair of Chinese ruby ground tea bowls and saucers. Yongzheng period
Decorated with a ruby ground and panels with flowers.
A Chinese famille rose hexagonal brush pot decorated with figures. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette to each of the six sides with Lan Tsai-Ho and scholarly figures within a mountainous moonlit landscape, below an iron red geometric border to the rim.