R9217

A Chinese export porcelain famille rose plate painted with ‘La Dame Au Parasol’ after a design by Cornelis Pronk with bird and figural reserves on the elaborate pink ground border, the reverse with eight insects.

8 7/8 inches, 22.7 cm diameter.

Yongzheng/Qianlong, circa 1736.

A pair of Chinese porcelain famille rose two-handled ice buckets of fluted form with foliate rims, painted on each side with a tied bouquet of peony, camellia, chrysanthemum, rose and pink, amongst smaller flowers and foliage on a flower spray ground, the handles decorated with iron-red and gilt highly stylised dragons, the everted foot rim with iron-red, gilt and puce prunus flower heads, the foliate rim with original gilding.

5 7/8 inches, 15 cm high, 7 ½ inches, 19 cm handle to handle.

Qianlong 1736-1795.

Chinese porcelain famille rose, fencai, large dish painted in the centre with He Xiangu travelling on a giant peach leaf raft with her attendant steering, amongst billowing and crested waves beside a pink open winged bat in flight and beneath overhanging rockwork with fruiting peach branches, encircled by the Eight Immortals above waves in ruyi-head reserves, Han Zhongli holding a flywhisk leaning on a giant peach, Zhang Guolao holding drum sticks and riding on a donkey, Lü Dongbin carrying his sword and riding a dragon fish, He Xiangu holding a lotus branch and riding on a peach leaf, Li Tieguai with a gourd on his back riding a dragon raft, Han Xiangzi playing a flute riding a crab, Lan Caihe holding a basket and riding a giant shrimp and Cao Guojiu catching his music stones and riding a yellow horse, all on pink and turquoise diaper grounds.

15 ⅝ inches, 39.8 cm diameter.

Yongzheng, 1723-1735.