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MARCHANT

Specialist in Antique Asian Art

Famille Rose
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A Chinese porcelain famille rose tureen, cover and stand, with two upright handles and European mask terminals, decorated with double peacock pattern amongst famille rose sprays with spearhead and ingot borders, all beneath an openwork crown finial.
A pair of Chinese porcelain botanical plates, outlined in underglaze blue and finely enamelled at the centre with a blue iris and an orchid, both with caterpillars crawling on their leaves, and a butterfly, all within a an underglaze blue and gilt floral band in the well, and a broad band of iron-red and aubergine strapwork with turquoise-green acanthus leaves and gilt stylised flower-heads at the border.
A pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte standing figures of Europeans, the man wearing an elaborate wig, the curls heightened in black enamel, his pale green jacket decorated with cloud scrolls lined in blue enamel and wearing a yellow undershirt and tied cravat, holding an aubergine tricorn hat with black enamel shoes, supported behind with a mottled green and yellow rock formation, all on a thin shaped rectangular base, the lady wearing a pale yellow lace-edged short veil over her hair coiffed à la Fontanges, a pearl necklace, a lace-edged bodice and cuffs and a green dress, perfectly matching the green of the man`s trousers, draped over her iron-red and yellow-embroidered petticoat, the folds accentuated with grisaille hatching, and standing on a low base.
A Chinese Imperial porcelain famille rose yellow ground graviata medallion bowl, painted with four circular medallions, of peony, daisy and lingzhi on a feather arabesque incised ground, decorated with a ribboned wan character, beneath a fruiting peach branch and above waves, the well of the blue and white interior with a medallion of ribboned wan, bamboo, lingzhi, rocks and waves beneath a wide band of four sprays of peony and lingzhi.
A Chinese porcelain famille verte, rouge de fer and gilt armorial dish painted in the centre with the Royal Arms of France encircled by the collars of the Orders of Saint-Michel and Saint-Esprit between vignettes with trays of melon above lotus branches, a tray with a finger citron and a fruiting pomegranate and prunus branch between diaper gilt and iron-red bands with four further vignettes of stylised flowers on an iron-red and gilt lotus ground, the underside with four iron-red camellia sprays.
A Chinese porcelain large armorial dish painted in the centre with the arms of Thomas Pitt of Blandford, Baron Londonderry, with those of his wife Lady Frances Ridgeway in pretence above a banderol inscribed with the motto AMITIE, the rim with the stork crest beneath a baron`s coronet between fronds, within four oval panels alternating with gold and iron-red floral sprays, the underside with lingzhi mark within a double circle in underglaze-blue.
A Chinese porcelain famille rose semi egg-shell saucer dish, delicately painted with a seated lady watching two boys at play beside two large jars, books, tied scrolls, a jardinière of flowers and fruit including finger citron and a wood pedestal stand with a vase of peony and orchid beside a gilt tripod incense burner, all encircled by demi-lotus flowerheads and foliage within an octagonal diaper band with stylised jewelled flowerheads at the rim.
A pair of Chinese porcelain famille rose groups of lovers, each depicting a kneeling gentleman wearing a chilong dragon-medallion robe holding a conical square cup and smiling at a lady standing at his side with her arm over his shoulder, each figure with detailed head dress, the lady with elaborate striped robes and ruyi head yellow-ground shawl.
A Chinese porcelain famille rose large saucer dish, painted with three equestrian warriors holding swords and halbards, riding yellow, pink and aubergine horses amongst rockwork and flags, with figures holding banners in the distance, beneath a brown dressed rim, the underside with a lingzhi fungus mark within a double ring.
A Chinese porcelain famille rose baluster vase and cover, painted with the three star gods, Shoulao, the god of longevity, holding a staff tied with a scroll and a peach, Fuxing, the god of happiness, holding a hu tablet and Luxing, the god of rank and affluence, pointing at three children, with bats in flight in a continuous landscape scene beneath multicoloured cloud sprays, the reverse with a large pine tree amongst rockwork with lingzhi, all beneath books, scrolls, a qin, ribbons and precious objects on the neck, the cover painted with boys.
A Chinese Imperial porcelain famille rose, fencai fruit and flowerhead medallion bowl evenly potted with slightly flared rim, decorated on the exterior with four medallions of a fruiting peach branch, a floral branch with peony and camellia, a fruiting pomegranate branch and a flowering tree peony branch with buds, all on a bright ruby graviata ground carved with feather arabesques between stylised flowerheads on foliate branches, the well of the interior in underglaze blue with a basket of peaches and various flowerheads in a central medallion encircled by four different floral branches including prunus, lingzhi, pomegranate, peony and other flowering plants.
A Chinese Imperial Beijing-enamel yellow-ground famille rose, fencai ovoid jar and domed cover with recessed base and short cylindrical neck, delicately enamelled with peonies and passion flowers on scrolling branches with leaves and buds beneath a simulated brocade sash tied in a large bow at the front and decorated with butterfly medallions between double peach sprays on a diaper ground covering four lobed lotus flowerhead pale blue-ground panels at the shoulder and beneath a band of twelve pendant lingzhi at the neck, the yellow-ground cover with peony flowerheads beneath a blue ruyi-head band and gilt bud finial.
A Chinese porcelain minyao famille rose hexagonal wine cup, painted with five standing officials and an attendant pulling a wheeled chair in a continuous landscape scene with fencing and rockwork, the interior with flower sprays of lotus, chrysanthemum, peony, winter sweet and others, all encircling a day lily in the well beneath a gilt rim.
A Chinese porcelain minyao famille rose deep cup, painted with boats on the Poyang Lake, with a pavilion and wall in the foreground and mountain peaks amongst clouds in the distance, the reverse with an eight column poem written in black enamel between iron-red gourd seal gu pu, (ancient and humble), four character signature of Zhao Bian and a square seal wo si gu ren, (I respect the ancient), all beneath a gilt rim.
A Chinese porcelain minyao famille rose two handled food container, liner and cover of cylindrical form, the exterior painted with immortals and their attendants, seated at a rockwork table amongst pine trees and fencing, the reverse with three figures seated at a table, with lady and boy attendants between gilt double line mask and loose metal ring handles, the liner imitating faux bois with gilt keyfret, the domed cover painted with the three star gods and their attendants in a landscape scene, with rockwork beneath a gilt Buddhist lion finial, all the interior and base lined in turquoise.
A pair of Chinese porcelain minyao famille rose enamelled ogee-form bowls with fluted rims and covers, each painted with the eight immortals, the bowls with the three immortals Li Tieguai, his gourd and crutch on the ground, Han Zhongli, holding up his fan and Zhang Guolao, with his bamboo tube and metal beaters also on the ground, all between He Xiangu, with her lotus branch and Lan Caihe, with the basket of fruit, the covers with the three further immortals, Lu Dongbin, with his sword over his back, between Cau Guojiu, holding his pair of beaters for keeping time and Han Xiangzi, playing his flute, all in a continuous landscape scene with rockwork, trees and flowering plants, the interiors with a turquoise enamel lining.
A Chinese porcelain minyao famille rose dish with foliate rim, painted with a young couple in conversation, the man holding the feathers of his elaborate head-dress in a fenced terrace scene beside a window, with a standing bearded dignitary reading a book with a lotus pond behind the fence, encircled with ducks swimming amongst flowering lotus, leaves and aquatic plants, with praying mantis and butterfly all beneath the gilt foliate rim, the underside with five large butterflies in flight amongst flowers and leaves in green and turquoise on a lime green ground.
A Chinese porcelain minyao famille rose dish with foliate rim, painted in the centre with a boy riding a buffalo, looking at three birds in flight whilst the moon goddess Chang Er and her two attendants stand on clouds looking down, with rockwork and wuti , encircled by a border of fifteen multicoloured bats amongst stylised ruyi-head clouds, all beneath a gilt foliate rim, the underside with five large butterflies in flight amongst flowers and leaves in turquoise and green enamel, all on a lime green ground.
A Chinese Imperial porcelain famille rose yellow ground graviata bowl, decorated with three medallions of san yang kai tai each with a ram, one seated on the edge of a rocky promontory beside bamboo and an overhanging blossoming branch, one standing beside a nandina and lingzhi issuing from rockwork, the other walking towards an overhanging white branch with camellia and bamboo, all between precious objects including a blue and white vase containing a branch of blossoming peony, a halbard and a music stone tied with a ribbon, beside a tray of pomegranate and brocade scroll above gilt rings and a lingzhi ruyi-sceptre, all on a lemon yellow feather arabesque ground, the interior painted in the well in underglaze blue with san yang kai tai, three rams in harmony, encircled by four branches of day lily, camellia, pine, bamboo and lingzhi, alternately with pendant, fish, gourd, music stone and ruyi-sceptre.
A Chinese Imperial porcelain famille rose ruby ground graviata bowl, painted with four medallions of a fruiting peach branch, a flowering branch of tree peony, buds and bamboo, a fruiting pomegranate branch above asters and a branch of camellia and tree peony with bamboo, between stylised peony and lotus sprays on scrolling branches, all on a bright ruby feather arabesque carved ground, the well of the interior in underglaze blue with a basket of peaches and peony beside three kites, encircled by four different floral branches of pomegranate, lingzhi, camellia and prunus.
A Chinese Imperial porcelain famille rose, grisaille and iron-red enamelled yellow ground graviata bowl, painted with four medallions of mountainous river landscape scenes, probably depicting the four seasons, each with figures and pavilions, between stylised sprays of tree peony amongst branches, with a prunus flower-head above a hydrangea, all on a yellow feather arabesque carved ground, the interior with a stylised flower-head.
A Chinese Imperial porcelain famille rose bowl of deep “U”-form, decorated with four roundels of precious objects including a vase of laburnum, lantern and ruyi-sceptre on a rich, yellow ground of flowering and fruiting gourd amongst leaves and scrolls, between bands of keyfret and beneath a gilt band at the rim, the interior decorated with gourds, flower-heads, leaves and scrolls, beneath an iron-red keyfret band at the rim.
Massive pair of Chinese porcelain famille rose two handled vases with tapering trumpet form necks and open work dragon handles, each decorated in a continuous landscape scene and painted from the top with a range of mountains including lushan pu bu the ‘Lu mountain’ in Jianxi province being famous for a waterfall, above clouds and pine trees with viewing pavilions and villages, in another mountain range xi shan die sui ‘the west mountains’ above further clouds, pine trees and buildings with bai lu gu dong ‘The Bi Lu area’ with ancient caves, all above the bai lu institute, in turn above hua zhou chun xiao ‘The town of Hua Zhou’ in early spring, beneath the bridge is the boyang lake in autumn and the port scene is teng ge gao feng ‘the Teng Ge Port’ in high wind, with impressive brick wall and gate entrance, buildings and masts, the enamels in bright fresh and original colours with rockwork, green and blue wash enamel grounds, all beneath gilt rims the interior with a rich turquoise enamel lining.
A pair of Chinese porcelain famille rose rococo form candlesticks with naturalistic leaf and branch handle, modelled as a flower head with pink and green leaves, supported on a large open leaf with red berries all on an integral square base moulded with gilt scrolls on a blue ground with iron-red edges and again on an integral flat plinth, the unglazed base with recessed square.
A Chinese porcelain famille rose and gilt group of ‘The Tyrolean dancers’