A large Chinese famille rose dish 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 massive Chinese famille rose charger decorated with figures. Yongzheng period.
Enamelled 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 plate painted in famille rose enamels with a pair of pheasants. Yongzheng period.
Painted in famille rose enamels. In the centre, a pair of pheasants on a blue rock among peonies, magnolia blooms and daisies, in the well, a pink lozenge-diaper border with four cartouches, with emblems (pair of books, Artemisia leaves) tied in ribbons, round the rim, flower sprays alternating with formal floral designs enclosed in wreaths.
A large Chinese dish decorated in the famille rose palette for the Persian market. Qianlong period.
Of octogonal form, painted in the famille rose palette, the wide rim moulded in eight planes sloping inwards, with angles clearly showing where they radiate towards the points on the rim. Decorated with eight sepia roundels, each gilded with one of two alternating flowers and set within an irregular border of sepia scrollwork, heightened with […]
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with pheasants. Yongzheng period.
Painted in the famille rose palette, with two pheasants and ornements.
A Chinese famille rose teapot decorated with scholarly emblems. Yongzheng period.
Painted in the famille rose palette, with scholarly emblems and vases with peonies.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a bird. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a yellow cast, a bird on a branche. On the rim, flowers.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with horses. Yongzheng period.
Painted in the famille rose palette, with three horses. Peonies on the rim.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with horses and butterflies. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with horses in a landscape, butterflies and peonies on the rim.
A rare Chinese famille rose basin painted with a turquoise-ground. Yongzheng period.
Painted with an unfurled scroll with quails and a turquoise-ground.