Faïence & Porcelaine française/French Ceramics

Jean Girel. Rainbow Colors, 7 iridescent bowls. Firing variations between « yuteki » and « hare's fur ». Wonder Lab, National Museum, Beijing 2018. © Jean Girel 2018 J'ai eu le privilège de rencontrer Jean Girel et Valérie Hermans, deux éminents céramistes français, ce soir à la Société Française d'Etudes de la Céramique Orientale. Jean nous a fait une conférence passionnante sur son "Aventure des bols "fourrure de lièvre", sa découverte des Jianyao et ses recherches pour égaler et surpasser les potiers chinois des Song et... [Lire la suite]

Faience table top, probably Rouen, circa 1725-35; 22 7/8 x 2 x 17 ½ in. (58 x 5 x 44.5 cm). Unmarked Painting possibly attributable to Claude Borne. Courtesy Michele Beiny.  MICHELE BEINY, Stand A29 at Masterpiece London 2018 (28 June - 04 July 2018) 

Lot 776. A Sèvres porcelain tea service, Déjeuner des peintres Flamands, 1818-19. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. painted with titled Flemish Master portraits from works in the collection of the Louvre, reserved on a platinum ground, comprising: a teapot and cover (théière 'Pestum') of the first size; a milk jug (pot à lait 'Pestum') of the second size; a sugar bowl and cover (pot à sucre 'Pestum'); and six cups... [Lire la suite]

Lot 69. A rare Royal Saxon Meissen Kakiemon bowl and cover, Johanneum mark, circa 1728-1731. Estimate $ 1,800-2,800. Photo Leonard Joel. Embellished with kakiemon designs, the cover with crouching hare finial, blue crossed sword mark and incised Johanneum marks, 12.5cm diameter     Leonard Joel. The Decorative Arts Collection of James Fairfax AC, 18:30 AEST, Thursday 31 Aug 

Lot 60. An extremely rare and possibly unique Chantilly Kakiemon verre à liqueur, circa 1735. Estimate $ 2,000-3,000. Photo Leonard Joel. This rare form not recorded in any literature on Chantilly, painted in a kakiemon design, 8cm high   Leonard Joel. The Decorative Arts Collection of James Fairfax AC, 18:30 AEST, Thursday 31 Aug 2017

Lot 59. A Chantilly Kakiemon 'écuelle' Porringer cover & stand, circa 1735. Estimate $ 2,000-3,000. Photo Leonard Joel. Of quatrelobed form painted with Kakiemon flowers and insects, the cover with flower knop, the tray with brown-edged rim, red hunting horn mark, tray 23.5 width, dish 15.5cm width, (2)   Note: For similar examples refer to the Metropolitan Museum New York Leonard Joel. The Decorative Arts Collection of James Fairfax AC, 18:30 AEST, Thursday 31 Aug 2017

Lot 55. A good matched pair of Chantilly Kakiemon rafraîchissoirs, circa 1730. Estimate $ 2,000-3,000. Photo Leonard Joel. Of typical form with branch and leaf handles, each painted with squirrel and kakiemon flowers, red hunting horn mark on one, 9.5cm high, (2)  Leonard Joel. The Decorative Arts Collection of James Fairfax AC, 18:30 AEST, Thursday 31 Aug 2017

Lot 54. A large Chantilly Kakiemon 'seau a bouteille' wine cooler, circa 1735. Estimate $ 3,000-5,000. Photo Leonard Joel. Of cylindrical form with dragon form handle mounts, painted with squirrel and Kakiemon flowers, red hunting horn mark, 16 height x 19cm diameter  Leonard Joel. The Decorative Arts Collection of James Fairfax AC, 18:30 AEST, Thursday 31 Aug 2017

Lot 8. A big French Chinoiserie pattern octogonal shaped faience tray (table tray), Rouen, 1st half of 18th century. Estimate €4000. Photo Nagel Painted "à grand feu" with music making Chinese people in a traditional painted East Asian landscape with architecture, floral and insect pattern on the rim. Some scratches and minor chips or hairline cracks. Old inventory labels at the bottom.   Provenance: From a Badois private collection. Formerly Collection Tumin, Paris, sold Drouot, sale 11. June 1936, Lot 47. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 150. A rare Vincennes gold-mounted bleu céleste-ground water jug and cover, most likely made for Marie Josèphe, Dauphine of France, dated 1754 (date letter A). Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 (€48,000 - 72,000). Photo Bonhams. LONDON - A beautiful Vincennes porcelain jug with gold mounts, made for the Dauphine Maria Josepha – mother of King Louis XVI, who was guillotined during the French revolution - is for sale at Bonhams Fine European Ceramics sale in London on 14 December. It is... [Lire la suite]