A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a lady and her attendant. Yongzheng period.
The plate is decorated with a lady and her attendant who is carrying a cithare qin, a chinese musical instrument, in front of a fenced garden decorated with rocks, shrubs and water lilies. The rim is painted with flowering branches of peonie, anemone and prunus, all executed with the balance, the elegance and the beauty of […]
A pair of Chinese famille rose plates decorated in the Meissen style. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in famille rose enamels and gold, in the Meissen style, with a central scene depicting a bird flying over peonies and rocks, in a shaped cartouche ; the rim with sprays of flowers.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with an elaborate throne. Yongzheng period.
The center scene, unusual in that it shows a richly-appointed interior without any human figures, depicts an elaborate throne surrounded by the ornate furnishings favored by the Qing emperors. These furnishing include a low table with books, incense burner, ornamental vases with flowers, scholarly paraphernalia, a barrel seat and a fan. The famille rose palette, with its […]
A very large Chinese famille rose-verte dish painted with flowers and auspicious objects. Yongzheng period.
Very large dish, richly enameled in the famille rose-verte palette, with a butterfly foraging pink and red peonies, green rocks ; the rim decorated with ribbon-tied auspicious objects.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a mountainous landscape. Yongzheng period.
The central scene inside an hibiscus leaf, depicting two figures, a man on horseback and his attendant ridding towards a pavillon in a mountains landscape. The rim is decorated with blossoming flowers and the exterior by scattered lingzhi sprays.
A Chinese famille rose plate with a burst pomegranate. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in a combination of dark underglazed blue with pink, orange and yellow enamels. The central motif, a pomegranate, amongst flowers and foliage, has burst and shows its seeds. The decoration of the rim, with chrysanthemums, drawing four ruyi.
A Chinese famille rose “quail” dish. Yongzheng period.
Decorated in famille rose enamels, the center with two quails amongst peonies and rocks, the rim with a cell-diaper on the rim. The decoration with two quails (anchun) means « double peace » (shuang’an).
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with a bird. Yongzheng period.
The center scene with a bird amongst peonies. On the rim, sprays of flowers.
A Chinese famille rose plate decorated with two confronting cockerels. Yongzheng period.
The everted rims painted in coloured enamels and iron-red, the centre with two confronting cockerels, beside blue enamel rockwork with emerging peony blooms. A butterfly flying above the centrale scene, all within a double ring medallion ; the border with continuous peony, prunus, lotus and chrysanthemum bloom.
A Chinese famille rose tea bowl decorated with a lady dancing. Yongzheng period.
Very fine eggshell tea bowl and his saucer decorated in famille rose palette enamels and gilt, with a figure of a chinese lady dancing in domestic interior. The sleeves of the dress are aubergine and the girdle is canary-yellow. The railings of the terrace are enameled in rose, as also are the tree branches beyond […]