A massive and rare Chinese armorial domed cover for the English market (Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol).Yongzheng period
Very heavily potted, of domed shape with moulded lip and large ball finial on pedestal. The outside finely painted with bands of rouge-de-fer and gold, and a crest among famille verte sprays, the crest of Talbot On a cap of maintenance gules, turned up ermine, a lion statant, and in the famille rose palette inside the cover.
An unusual and rare Chinese armorial pattipan for the Dutch market (Sichterman). Yongzheng period
Decorated in rouge-de-fer and gold with brown, green, purple and blue with a honeycomb diaper border and the Sichterman arms in the centre.
An unusual Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a Chinese landscape. Late Yongzheng/Early Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a Chinese landscape, including a pagoda, the rim with an unusual border having reserves of landscapes en grisaille.
A Chinese blue and white octogonal dish decorated with two ladies on a terrace. Yongzheng period
Decorated in underglaze blue, 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 Chinese famille rose plate decorated with figures. Yongzheng period
Brightly decorated in the famille rose palette, with a man on a horse and a lady in a chariot accompanied by attendants within sepia “fish-roe” and floral lappets.
A Chinese famille rose lotus form plate decorated with cockerels and a frog. Yongzheng period.
Of lotus form, with a central decoration with cockerels, frog and grasshopper and amongst peonies.
A Chinese famille rose tea bowl and saucer decorated with a boy astride a buffalo. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a boy astride a buffalo.
A pair of very large Chinese famille rose dishes decorated with a crane in a garden. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in the very large famille rose palette, with a crane in a garden near tables with precious objects. On the rim, a very similar decoration.
A Chinese famille rose eggshell bowl decorated with a cockerel. Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a pink diaper and cartouches containing cockerels and peonies.
A Chinese famille rose « Madame de Pompadour » plate. Qianlong period
Brightly enamelled in the famille rose palette, to the interior with a peony medallion encircled at the rim by floral sprays and seed pods flanking cartouches alternately enclosing a fish or an eagle.