M4191

A Chinese porcelain famille verte plate painted in the centre with a boy holding a continuous branch of flowering peony in blue, aubergine and iron-red enamel, encircled by a floral band in the cavetto and a wide lappet floral band on the rim, the underside with four precious objects, pearl, lozenge, music stones and chime, all in green enamel, tied with an iron red ribbon, the base with a lozenge mark in underglaze blue in a double ring.

10 5/8 inches, 27 cm diameter.

Kangxi 1662-1722.

A pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte large dishes, each with fluted bodies and petal shaped upright rims, painted in the centre with openwork black and aubergine enamelled bordered baskets of flowers with peony, chrysanthemum, lotus, camellia, daisy and prunus amongst other buds and leaves encircled by a border with precious object reserves on different diaper grounds, the border with twelve lappet shaped panels of different flowers each representing a month, including chrysanthemum, lotus, camellia, peony, prunus and aster beneath a flower head band at the rim, the underside with three flower sprays, the underside with an underglaze blue music stone mark within a double ring.

15 ¼ inches, 38.8cm diameter.

Kangxi, 1662-1722.

Chinese porcelain famille verte, wucai baluster vase of Guanyin form with tall flaring neck, painted on the entire body with an abundance of flowers and foliage including iron-red tree peony and a long gnarled prunus tree, tall leafy branches of bamboo, pine, grasses and elaborate leaves, amongst pierced rockwork with a butterfly in flight, all beneath a ruyi-head band at the rim, the base glazed white with a double ring in underglaze blue.

17 ¼ inches, 43.8 cm high.

Kangxi, circa 1700.