A Chinese armorial tea caddy for the Dutch market (De Witt / van den Bergh). Yongzheng
The tea caddy is decorated in rich enamels with a finely rendered Chinese mountain-and-water landscape, showing pavilions, trees, and rocky peaks in delicate brushwork and vivid colors. At the center of the main side appears a circular armorial roundel, more boldly painted than the surrounding scene. Within, on a greyish-black (oxidized silver) ground, are three […]
A Chinese famille rose reticulated teapot. Yongzheng
This hexagonal teapot have has an eared handle, a short curving spout and an hexagonal domed lid. A honeycomb-and-flower motif is pierced into each facet of the bodies; the lid is also reticulated. It is painted with flowers and diaper patterns in overglaze pink, bright yellow, purple, green, and lavender-blue.
A Chinese armorial plate for the English market (Elwick). Yongzheng
Decorated en grisaille and gilt, centered with the arms of Elwick against a backdrop of a very finely painted grisaille landscape, the rim meticulously painted with a fine grisaille and gilded diapered border with reserves of further landscape views, centered at the top with the Elwick crest, the outer edge with a scrolling gilded foliate design.
A very massive charger for the French market (comte de Toulouse). China, ca. 1720-1725
Decorated in the famille verte palette the coat- of-arms of Louis-Alexandre, comte de Toulouse, D’azur, à trois fleurs de lys d’or, au baton de gueules péri en barre, in the center. The coat-of-arms is surrounded by the collars of the orders of the Golden Fleece and the Holy Spirit. The cavetto is decorated with a […]
An unrecorded barber bowl for the duc de Luynes. China, Yongzheng
The oval basin finely enameled in the famille rose palette with four sprays of flowers and a frieze depicting the Order of the Holy Spirit. Four cartouches adorn the cavetto, two of them on opposite sides enclose a double L. The center of the barber basin bears the coat of arms of the Duke de […]
An unusual famille rose-verte plate decorated with the “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”. Yongzheng
The plate enameled in the famille rose-verte palette, in beautiful pastel tones. It is elaborately and finely decorated with the bearded Dong Zhuo on Fengyi pavilion terrace gesturing towards the soldier Lü Bu, with a spear and feathery headdress, together with the elegant lady Diaochan. All taking place within a garden setting with gnarled rock, […]
A plate for the Dutch market (Sichterman). Yongzheng
Decorated in rouge-de-fer and gold with brown, green, purple and blue. On the rim, there is a spiraling scroll border with bamboo, two groups of flowering plants and a gate, two Chinese pavilions or pagodas and above a coat of arms repeated. At the cavetto, there is a honeycomb diaper border with four reserves filled […]
A Chinese famille rose “fishing” tea bowl. Yongzheng
The eggshell tea bowl and the saucer are unusually large, they are decorated in the famille rose palette and depict a fishing scene. On a junk in the middle of a river, a man is pulling in a fishing net, accompanied by a woman and a child. On the left bank of the river, a […]
A Chinese famille rose tea bowl decorated with a lady. Yongzheng
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with fluted sides and wavy rim, the radial panels decorated alternately in plain gold, blue, pink, yellow or black diaper. The center is decorated with a lady in garden.
A large Chinese famille rose “standing lady” candle holder. Yongzheng
Crisply modeled as a standing lady wearing-brightly enameled blue, yellow and pink long flowing robe, looking directly forwards and holding a cup that serves as a candleholder at her left side, standing on a pierced square base.