Famille-Verte

A Famille-verte bottle vase. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Sothebys the globular body rising from a short foot to a tall cylindrical neck, painted with four budding lotus sprays alternating with lanterns variously decorated with landscape, birds and horse, all below large ruyi-shaped lappets enclosing butterflies amongst floral blooms on a stippled ground, the neck encircled by meandering lotus sprays, all divided by lappet, diaper, keyfret and ruyi bands; 41.8cm., 16 1/2 in. Estimation: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP ... [Lire la suite]

A rare Famille-verte ‘Bird and flowers’ square vase, Kangxi mark and period - Sothebys of square section, the tapering body rising to angled shoulders surmounted by a waisted neck, painted to each face with birds amongst leafy floral blooms issuing from rocks, the shoulder with lingzhi sprays, similarly decorated with leafy floral branches and rocks on the neck, the recessed centre on the base inscribed with a six-character mark; 51cm., 20 1/8 in. Estimation: 15,000 - 20,000 GBP PROVENANCE: Purchased in... [Lire la suite]

A Famille-verte baluster jar and cover. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Sothebys the baluster body rising to a short waisted neck, painted around the exterior with three rows of petal-shaped panels variously enclosing flowers, mythical animals, birds and insects, all below a diaper band of shaped floral cartouches alternating with butterflies, the neck with detached composite floral sprays, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a lotus bud finial, later gilt-bronze stand; Quantité: 3 - 58cm., 22 7/8... [Lire la suite]

A Famille-verte baluster jar and cover. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Sothebys the baluster body rising to a short waisted neck, painted around the exterior with three rows of petal-shaped panels variously enclosing flowers, birds and insects, all below a composite floral scroll, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a lotus bud finial, later gilt-bronze stand. Quantité: 3- 55.7cm., 22in. Estimation: 8,000 - 10,000 GBP Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 15 mai... [Lire la suite]

A rare famille-verte ‘Birthday’ dish, Kangxi mark and period - Sotheby's the shallow sides rising from a tapering foot to an everted rim, delicately enamelled to the interior with a goose gliding over a small gaggle of three geese feeding and squawking among bamboo and waterweeds beside a pond, encircled at the rim in iron-red with lotus florets and roundels enclosing the charactersWanshou wujiang (Limitless longevity) on a honeycomb diaper ground, the base with a six-character mark within a double-circle, Japanese wood... [Lire la suite]

A pair of famille-verte 'figural' dishes. Qing dynasty, early 18th century - Sotheby's each with shallow rounded sides merging with the low tapered foot and the flat everted rim, delicately painted with figural scenes in soft famille-verte enamels and picked out with butterflies, peach blossoms and petals on the rim, the first with the scholar Meng Haoren riding through snow on a donkey, followed by an attendant on foot carrying a flowering prunus branch, the other depicting two ladies in a garden working... [Lire la suite]

A 'Famille-Verte' cup. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Photo Sotheby's the conical sides rising to a flared rim, painted to the exterior with an immortal looking back to a deer grasping a lingzhi in its mouth and a pine tree in the distance, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark within a double-square; 9.4cm., 3 3/4 in. Estimation: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP - Lot. Vendu 22,500 GBP PROVENANCE: A Dutch Family Collection.Bluett & Sons, London. Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art.... [Lire la suite]

A Rare Famille-Verte 'Birds And Flowers' Yen-Yen Vase. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period - Photo Sotheby's the rounded baluster body surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck and a wide flared rim, brightly enamelled in shades of green, blue, yellow, iron-red, aubergine with black and gold details, depicting a pair of ribbon-tailed birds perched on craggy rocks among luscious peonies on one side and two songbirds on a gnarled branch of camellia tree on the other, the... [Lire la suite]

A fine Famille-Verte 'sanduo' bottle vase, yuhuchunping. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Photo Sotheby's the well proportioned pear-shaped body rising to a slender waisted neck and a broad everted rim, all supported on a slightly flared foot, the fine pure white porcelain decorated in a vivid palette of red, green, yellow, aubergine, blue and black enamels with three large fruits symbolizing the 'Three Abundances' evenly spaced around the body: a pomegranate bursting open revealing its... [Lire la suite]

A fine pair of coral-red ground Famille-Verte floral bowls. Yu Zhi marks and period of Kangxi - Photo Sotheby's each delicately potted with rounded sides rising from a slightly splayed foot to a gently flared rim, richly painted on the exterior with exotic meadow flowers, including blooming peonies and day lilies, interspersed by a variety of green foliage and grasses, all naturalistically rendered in great detail in red, blue, dark and light green, pale yellow, aubergine and black enamels, reserved on an overall... [Lire la suite]