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 porcelain botanical plate decorated in famille rose enamels with a rose and other scattered blooms. Diameter: 23 cm. Qianlong (1736-95).
Slight chipping at 8.00 (due to platehanger). Minor wear. 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.
A rare verte-imari Chinese export porcelain bowl enamelled with a couple in European dress walking their dog. Diameter: 15.5 cm. Kangxi/Yongzheng c. 1720-30.
Four fine hairline cracks between 4.5 – 5 cm. long. Slight rubbing to interior only . No other faults.
The bowl is thought to represent Diederik Duiven, appointed as Governor-general of th ...click for details
A fan-shaped Late Ming polychrome mukozuke decorated in turquoise, yellow, green, red and black enamels with flowers and rockwork. Max width: 12 cm. Chongzhen (1628-44). Mushikui rim frits.
Slight rubbing, frits and enamel losses due to glaze shrinkage- a characteristic of this class of porcelain, made specifically for the Japanese market. The developing use of brown enamel to dress the rims on such wares is said to be ...click for details
