M4311

A Chinese porcelain famille verte wine pot and cover of bell form, painted on each side with two ladies seated in conversation, one holding a fan, the other a sceptre, beside a day bed with a wrapped qin, and beside a table with books, each beside a screen, fence and rockwork, within an iron red frame and between a branch of iron-red prunus flowers, the upright rim with keyfret, the cover with stylised flower heads, the gate form handle imitating wicker-work.

7 1/8 inches, 18cm high.

Kangxi, 1662-1722.

Chinese porcelain conical bowl of brinjal type, carved on the exterior with three branches of camellia, the branches brown, the leaves green, the flower heads white, all on a rich even yellow ground, the interior with a lingzhi, the base with a square mark within a double ring in underglaze blue.

Early Kangxi, circa 1680.

8 3/8 inches, 21.4 cm.

Chinese porcelain famille verte large dish with flat everted rim painted in the centre with the Yang family women practicing their equestrian skills beside a building and beneath an arbour on different coloured horses of iron-red enamel, black, aubergine, yellow, green and piebald with a seated lady and her attendants overlooking from a covered terrace with ruyi-head wall and striped roof all beneath a gilt sun and iron-red ruyi-head clouds, the wide border with hydrangea, lotus, peony, pinks, daisies, prunus and hibiscus amongst other flowers between underglaze blue lines. The underside with three branches of peony in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt.

17 inches, 43.2 cm diameter.

Kangxi, circa 1715.