A Chinese famille rose-noire “cockerel” plate. Yongzheng period
Brightly enamelled in the famille rose palette, at the centre with a cockerel perched on blue pierced rockwork beside tree peony and butterflies within a flower-head panel reserved on a black ground with scrolling peony.
A pair of Chinese famille rose plates decorated with figures. Yongzheng period
Of polylobed form, and decorated in the famille rose palette, with Chinese ladies in a garden. The border in eight divisions is beautifully enamelled with peonies and others flowers.
A Chinese famille rose-noire dish decorated with figures. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a lady holding the hand of a boy. Behind him is another lad, and on the left is a fisherman in a green coat. In the background, there is a butterfly and a spray of large peonies. The border, in eight divisions, is enameled with peonies and other […]
A Chinese blue and white tea bowl & saucer from the Ca Mau wreck. Yongzheng period
Decorated in underglaze blue and white with Chinese figures.
A Chinese famille rose octagonal dish decorated with figures. Yongzheng period.
Enamelled in the famille rose palette at the center with two ladies on a terrace and in a building holding a lotus and a fan, and a peony, within a lappet band at the well and a composite flower and a fruit band at the border including prunus, chrysanthemum, pomegranate and finger citrus.
A rare and large Chinese famille rose tea bowl and saucer, from the Martin Hurst Collection and published in The Book of Famille Rose
Of unusual large size, decorated in the famille rose palette, with two huntsmen wearing yellow hats, one with a yellow coat and the other with a rose coat. The servant wears a pale-green coat and breeches of rose color. The border is of black diaper work with a formal gold floral ornament.
A Chinese famille rose black-ground teapot decorated with a landscape. Yongzheng period
Of pear shape with loop handle and straight spout decorated with panels containing landscape.
A Chinese famille rose tureen and a dish. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with sprays of flowers.
A pair of large and fine Chinese famille rose baluster vases. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with translucides enamels (falencai) and decorated with peonies and butterflies.
A Chinese famille pear form teapot moulded as a chrysanthemum. Yongzheng period
Of pear form and with the lower body and cover moulded as a chrysanthemum enamelled in yellow, blue and pink, applied branches, leaves and flowers and decorated in famille rose. On each sides, a butterfly.