An attractive mounted display of three ivory fans, two Chinese, one English, on velvet in a gilt rococo-style case. 1) Chinese c. 1790 finely carved in relief with the initials HW in an oval reserve. The ends of this fan have been trimmed, probably to fit the frame. Otherwise no apparent damage.
2) Chinese, early 19th cent. carved in relief in typical Cantonese style with figures in a garden. No apparent damage. ...click for details
An unusual Yue stoneware lampstand, the faceted stem with two applied rings rising from a flat base with a raised rim, covered overall with a crackled olive green glaze. Height: 16 cm. Sui/T’ang dynasty.
The attachment of the lower ring to the stem has been restored.
A lozenge-shaped Chinese export porcelain dish decorated in underglaze blue and white with a river landscape with a pagodas and figures. Length: 23.9 cm. Qianlong (1736-95).
Slight fritting to edges. Burst glaze bubble to front face. No other faults.
A pair of Chinese export porcelain bowls from the Nanking Cargo, decorated in underglaze blue with a figure on a bridge in a rocky landscape. Diameter: 15.2 cm. Qianlong (1736-95).
Labels to base. Lot 3109 in Christie’s sale.
One slightly fritted (5 small frits). No other faults.
A Chinese export famille rose plate decorated with a design of a vase surrounded by antiques and floral blooms. Diameter: 23 cm. Yongzheng (1723-35).
4.5 cm. hairline crack at 1.00. A curved firing flaw within the cavetto under the glaze. Chipping and discolouration to rim on reverse. A few nibbles to brown enamelled rim. No other faults.
A rare Chinese export teabowl and saucer decorated in famille rose enamels with a variant of the Cherry Pickers pattern showing Chinese figures collecting fruit in a pastoral landscape with goats (or rams) and figures carrying a sedan chair in the background within a gilt and black enamel diaper border. Diameter of saucer: 11.8cm. Yongzheng/Qianlong.
The saucer with rubbing to the silvering of the inner border and two ...click for details
A pair of Chinese export blue and white dishes of lotus form with birds confronting on a floral ground within a similar border. Diameter: 17 cm. Kangxi (1662-1722).
One with a small chip to one lobe of the rim at 2.00. No other faults.
An unusual Chinese export famille rose coffee cup decorated with Chinese figures in a river landscape with European buildings. Height: 6.5 cm. Qianlong (1736-95).
Though decorated in a Chinese style, the influence of the design seems to be from Meissen.