95.

COMPOTIER .       16 cm.

Semi- eggshell .  Painted in chinese taste style, with very subtil FAMILLE  ROSE  on pure white porcelain . A blossoming  peony branch with finely detailed green leaves,and bearing  2 blossoming flowers ; in the air a flying  butterfly,again exceptionaly well detailed . On the rim of the backside 3 flowering branches .

Period :          YONGZHENG :      1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:  " 17th & 18th Century Chinese Porcelain " , catalo. 2001 from the
               " Chinese Porcelain Company , New York ",   n° 20.

100% perfect  condition .  Exceptional collector's plate .
             

88.

DEEP   PLATE .        23 cm.      " Ruby back " .

Decorated in a rich variety of FAMILLE  ROSE , illustrating a  river- and mountain scene : we see sampans, pagoda's , fishermen ,pavilions  in the wood , mountains .    All enclosed by a diaper  pink pattern border with 3  floral reserves .  The reverse has a  ruby-back glaze on the rim.

Period :           YONGZHENG   :     1723 - 1735 .

Refer.: " Chinese Ceramics in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ", C.Jörg, 246.

Rim restoration .
            

85.

DISH .        23 cm.

Painted in  brilliant   FAMILLE  ROSE .  In the center  a natural scene , illustrating 2 coqs in combat, on a peony rock  . The rim with a pink  quadrillé fond, with 4 reserves on it, filled in with the 4  fruits, representing tyhe 4 seasons.

Period  :         YONGZHENG  :      1723 - 1735 .

Perfect  condition .

82. 

DEEP   DISH .       23 cm.

Semi-eggshell  pure white  porcelain,  enamelled in brilliant  FAMILLE ROSE . In the center a family -scene illustrating an elder man seated in a chair, being offered a pomegranate by a younger boy ; a young woman seated  on a turquoise garden seat watching another boy holding a fishing rod .  The rim with flower sprays, butterflies and insects on a grisaille cell- pattern  ground.

Period :              YONGZHENG  :       1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:   "  The Book of the Famille Rose " ,  G. Williamson ,  pl.XXXII / b.
             "   The A. Dreesman Collection " , Chrsitie's London , 10/05/2002.

Great and typical Yongzheng quality ,  small  crack on the rim.

 

68. 

PAIR   of   CUPS  &  SAUCERS .

On a pink diaper 'quadrillé' fond, there is a large leaf-shaped panel outlined with peonies and other flowers , illustrating a very well detailed phaesant perched on rockwork .

Period :           YONGZHENG  :     1723 - 1735 .

Provenances :  - Martin HURST Collection  ,  label n°  978.

                         -  REPELAER  Collection ,  label n°  240 .

Excellent condition , except for a minor hairline on 1 cup.

74.

PAIR  OF    CUPS  &  SAUCERS .

Very finely painted in FAMILLE  ROSE . The central medaillon  with a pair of pheasant perched on a peony rock.   Encircled by a large  border,richly decorated with foliage and flowers .

Period :          YONGZHENG  :     1723 - 1735 .

Excellent condition ( 1  saucer with an infime hairline) .

102. 

SAUCER - DISH .       22 cm.

Painted in  chinese taste style,  in  very subtil and fine FAMILLE  ROSE .  In the center a family-scene with a mother and her 3 sons , playing with a pair of white rabbits , all in a very rich  chinese mobilier- interior .  The cavetto with a band of  pink-rose diaper,  floral reserves and gilt medaillons.

Period :         YONGZHENG :      1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:   " The Book of the Famille Rose ", G. Williamson ,pl. XXXIII .
             "  A game of Bowls ", catal. Cohen & Cohen ( UK) 2014, n° 30.

Condition :  a  6cm  piece restuck, perfectly  done .

101.

SAUCER -  DISH .      17 cm.

Painted in  subtil  FAMILLE  ROSE  " en plein ".  2 court-ladies leaning on a table , and a boy , all watching a " cock-fight" .  On the back-side  an underglaze-blue  double ring to the center.

Period :         YONGZHENG  :     1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:  " Tyger Tyger " ,  catal.2016  Cohen & Cohen ( UK ) , n° 14.
             " The Book of the Famille Rose ",  G. Williamson , pl. XXXIV .

Proven.:  Bought by the previous owner at  Sotheby's  Amsterdam  ,
                17/10/1995 ,  n° 628 .

Excellent condition  ; small hairline of 1 cm on the rim.

72.

Very rare  CUP   &   SAUCER .

The fond-color is of very brilliant upperglaze blue tone. In the center depiction of a black-and-white dog,sitting by flowers ; surrounded by 3 leaf-shaped panels with gilt stems, showing cocks and peonies .

Period :         YONGZHENG  :      1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:  " China for the West ",  Howard & Ayers ,  pl.  144.
            " The Book of the Famille Rose ",  G. Williamson , color plate VI.

Provenance: bought at the TEFAF 2002, by Vanderven  ( label )

The special feature here is the very rare  lapis lazuli blue ground .Mentionned by David Howard in his book as " exceptional quality" .

The saucer perfect , the teabowl a hairline.

71.

CUP  &  SAUCER .

Painted with subtil  FAMILLE  ROSE .  In the central medaillon a "corbeil fleuri",surrounded by a pink diaper and gilt ground, and 4 small  reserves illustrating " the 4  flowers of the 4 seasons " .

Period :         YONGZHENG  :     1723 - 1735 .

Excellent condition  ( saucer with a tiny  rimcrack ) .

97.

PAIR   OF   PLATES .   16 cm.

Semi -eggshell . Pure white porcelain, painted with very subtil  FAMILLE  ROSE enamels . In the center a cluster of flowers and fruit ( chrysantemum and lychees ), with green leafs. On the border 3 flowering branches .

On the backside: rim  :  RUBY- BACK, very evenly applied .

Period :          YONGZHENG  :     1723 - 1735 .

Provenance:   Collection  H.M. KNIGHT ( Scheveningen ) .
                        Salomon STODEL ( Amsterdam ) ,  1991 .

Refer.:   " Importante Collection  de la Cie.des Indes et de la Chine , "
               Sotheby Parke Bernet , Monaco , sale  27/05/1980, cat. 1037.

             " The Book of the Famille Rose ",   G. Williamson , pl. XXXV.

             " Victoria & Albert Museum , London ", catal. 1962, n° 549.

             "  Important Chinese Ceramics : the Property of mrs. Alfred
                Clark " ,  Sotheby's London ,  25/03/ 1975 , cat. 127 .
             

Very rare collector's  plates . 1 with a tiny rim-frit, 1 with a small rim-restoration.

103. 

PLATE .       23 cm.

Semi-eggshell porcelain , with barbed rim.  Painted with extremely subtil and delicate  FAMILLE  ROSE . In the center a leaf-shaped reserve, where-in we see a pair of mandarin-ducks in  gilt,and very lively  detailed ,  floating in a lotus pondbetween peony flowers . The rim with a pink-diaper ground , on which 3 floral reserves.

Period :         YONGZHENG  :    1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:    " Important Chinese Ceramics ",   Christie's  Hong Kong ,
                 27 / 11 / 2013 ,  cat. n°  3485 .

               " The J. Rockefeller III  Collection " catal. 1956,  n° 52 .

The pair of ducks are  " Mandarin Ducks "  ( aix galericulata ) :  such a pair symbolises  " conjugal fidelity " in Chinese Art .

Perfect condition.  Exceptional quality .

100. 

PLATE .            22 cm.

Semi - eggshell.     Painted on the pure white porcelain  with subtil  FAMILLE  ROSE enamels.  In the center a flowering branch with a peony and a chrysantemum .  On the border, 3 further  flowering  branches.

Period :        YONGZHENG  :        1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:   " Importante Collection de la Cie; des Indes et de la Chine " ,
                Sotheby, Parke, Bernet ,  Monte Carlo  ;  27/05/1980, n°1035.

              " Chine de Commande " ; Lunsingh Scheurleer ,  n° 82.

Perfect condition .

PAIR OF   DEEP  PLATES .            22 cm.

Egg-shell porcelain ,very finely modelled . The central leaf-shaped medaillon illustrating a pair of silver-pheasants, on a ground of black diaper, on which are thrown peonies and other flowers .

Period :        YONGZHENG   :     1723 - 1735 .

Refer.:  " The Book of the Famille Rose " ; G. Williamson ,  color plate XXXI

Both in perfect  condition.
 

78. 

CUP  &  SAUCER .

This set illustrates a rare and fine example of the Chinese Taste, and therefor differing in every way from the elaborately decorated pieces intended for the european maket .  Very finely shaped to ressemble a flower : 6 sides with rounded corners . Deocration done in very fine FAMILLE ROSE , illustrating a fisherman's family, fishing in the Yellow River ,  on a sampan . All watched by 2 elder men  drinking tea on the border of the river.

Period  :          YONGZHENG  :       1723  - 1735 .

Refer.:   " The Book of the Famille Rose " ,  G. Williamson ,  pl. XVI .

Perfect  condition .
 

90.

CUP  &  SAUCER .

Painted in fine  FAMILLE  ROSE  . Classic chinese interior-scene with a rich mobilier, and 2 mothers and a boy in an educational scene.

Period :        YONGZHENG  :      1723 - 1735 .

Perfect  condition.

76.   

CUP  &  SAUCER .

Very delicately painted in subtil  FAMILLE  ROSE .   Ladies on horseback in a grisaille landscape; one lady holding a " ruyi-scepter"  . All within  densely patterned  geometric- and floral scroll bands .

Period :           YONGZHENG  :      1723 - 1735 .

Provenance:   -  the Martin HURST Collection , n° 60 .
                       -  Sotheby's Amsterdam  : 07/12/ 1999 ,  n° 752.

Exhibited    :     Dorchester Hotel, London :  Loan Exhibition Oriental 
                         Ceramic Society :  28 May- 18 June 1931 , catal. n° 384.

Excellent condition  ,  except small crack to the cup, 2 tiny frits on the saucer.
                    

98. 

PLATE .         23 cm.

Painted in very brilliant  FAMILLE  ROSE .   In the center a natural scene  with a pair of cocks, on a peony rock.  The rim with a  turquoise diaper  fond,  on which  we see 3 flowering reserves .

Period :          YONGZHENG :       1723 - 1735 .

Refer. :   " The Book of the famille Rose " ,G. Williamson , color plate XLIV.

Perfect  condition .

73. 

CUP  &  SAUCER .

Very finely painted in pure Yongzheng-style, with brilliant  and subtil enamels in FAMILLE  ROSE . Classic interior-scene with a mother and her 2 sons , playing with a rabbit . All in a leaf-shaped reserve on a floral gilt ground.

Period :          YONGZHENG :       1723 - 1735 .

Provenance:  Christie's  Amsterdam , 18/06/1979 , cat. 1679 .

Refer.:     " The Book of the Famille  Rose " ,  G. Williamson , pl.  VII.

Excellent condition , except for 1 crack in the cup .

80. 

2   PATTI-PAN     Dishes .

Both differently painted in  FAMILLE  ROSE .

Period :        YONGZHENG :    1723 - 1735 .

Perfect condition.