Four (4) Chinese Famille Rose porcelain vases having flaring rims, long necks with gilded bat shape handles, and tapering bodies with figural landscapes to one side and Chinese inscriptions, likely poems, to the other. Export wax seal remnants to the rims; two with Chinese seal forms in red to underside. All approximately 9" H x […]
Lot 35: Pair Chinese Rose Medallion Porcelain Vases or Urns w/ Chilong Dragons
Pair of large Chinese Rose Medallion porcelain vases or urns having ruffled rims, now mounted as lamps. Both with polychrome enamel vignettes of court and landscape scenes, with birds, butterflies, and flowers, and gilt highlights throughout. Each urn additionally with gilt figural chilong dragon decoration to the upper shoulders and opposing foo dog handles. Mounted […]
Lot 36: 5 Chinese Export Famille Rose Items, incl. Box & Butter Dishes
Five (5) Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain polychrome enamel and parcel gilt items, including one (1) rectangular box with divided interior, having figural scene and fret design to cover, and foliate, bird, and insect designs to body; two (2) lidded small rectangular butter dishes with rectangular finials and pierced inserts, figural scenes to lids and […]
Lot 32: Pair of Kangxi Imari Armorial Plates for French Market, Corbeau
Two (2) Kangxi Imari armorial chargers for the French Market, octagonal form, each having a central coat-of-arms below a red banner reading "CORBEAU," with a wide border of four vignettes depicting cranes, flowering trees, and foo dogs or lions, surrounded by scrolling foliate decorations on a blue ground. Unsigned. 1 5/8" H x 10 1/2" […]
Lot 33: Chinese Export Porcelain Punch Bowl, Arms of Liberty
A Chinese Export porcelain punch bowl with enameled decoration, including portraits of John Wilkes (1727- 1797) and Lord Mansfield, both within satirical coats of arms bearing the mottos ALWAYS READY IN A GOOD CAUSE and JUSTINE SANS PITIE with the title ARMS OF LIBERTY above the portrait of John Wilkes, who was a proponent of […]
Lot 34: Four pcs. Chinese Export Porcelain, incl. Armorial, Tobacco Leaf
Grouping of four (4) Chinese export porcelain items, including one (1) Famille Rose "tobacco leaf" pattern vase with scalloped rim; one (1) Famille Rose "tobacco leaf" pattern shallow bowl or soup plate with three pomegranates; and two (2) Chinese export armorial bowls or soup plates, the centers with a floral garland surmounted by birds with […]
Lot 30: 4 Chinese Export Porcelain Items incl. Snuff or Paste Box
Chinese Export porcelain snuff or paste box, cream pitchers, and cann (4 items). 1st item: Chinese Famille Rose export gilt bronze mounted porcelain paste or snuff box, round form with polychrome figural landscape decoration to the top and sides. Interior lid with flower decoration, base with purple bat mark. 1 3/8 ' H x 2 […]
Lot 31: Chinese Export Porcelain Teapot with Ship Decoration
Qing Chinese Export porcelain teapot with polychrome enamel decoration of masted ships bearing British flags to both sides of a circular straight sided body, with intertwined handle having raised red sprig design to the terminus. Red and green decoration to the cover and rim of pot; the cover with a molded berry finial. 5 1/8" […]
Lot 28: Chinese Hardwood Table Screen with Porcelain Plaques
Chinese 3-panel hardwood table screen with three inset Famille Rose porcelain plaques with enameled decoration; the left plaque depicting a deer beneath a pine tree; the center plaque depicting a young beauty with a scholar or Shouxing, the God of Longevity, having inscription and seal upper left; and the right plaque depicting a crane resting […]
Lot 29: Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Fish Bowl
Large Famille Verte porcelain fish bowl, the exterior with molded and painted enameled vignettes depicting landscape scenes with calligraphy inscriptions and red seals on a foliate ground. The interior with painted enameled fish and foliate decoration. 18 3/4" H x 22 1/4" dia. Likely Qing Dynasty, 19th century. PROVENANCE: The Estate of David Caldwell, Nashville, […]