A large Chinese blue and white covered bowl decorated with figures. Kangxi period
Decorated in underglaze blue, with a scholar and a lady in leisure a garden accompanied by her maid, carrying a tray with a jug and two cups. An old man sits in a chariot accompanied by his attendant beside an architecture and a pierced ornamental rockwork, the scene possibly inspired by the Romance of the Western Chamber.The decoration […]
A large Chinese Imari pot pourri jar and cover. Yongzheng/Qianlong period
The pear-shaped sides painted stalks of chrysanthemum and bamboo alternating with peach-colored vases of flowers standing on blue rockwork, pierced near the rim and again around the top to release the scent.
A Chinese mythological plate “The Choice of Hercule”. Qianlong period
Decorated in overglaze blue and gilt, Hercules is portrayed between the figure of Virtue, pointing upward, and that of Pleasure, pointing down.
A pair of blue and white “Sense of Smell” dishes. Kangxi period.
Painted in underglazed blue and decorated with a scene of three figures “à la mode Fontange” in European dress, standing on a veranda holding flower sprays, and representing the Sense of Smell. They attended by a servant holding a basket with more flowers, all within a decorative border painted with flowering peony branches.
