Fine Chinese Porcelains and Enamels from The Alfred Morrison Collection, Fonthill House
Catalogue Information: 59 lots with images
Lot 1: A MATCHED PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE RUBY-GROUND TEABOWLS, DOMED COVERS AND SAUCERS
YONGZHENG (1723-35)Circular, each enamelled on the semi-eggshell porcelain with a finger citrus, a lotus leaf and a chrysanthemum leaf-shaped panel, enclosing flowering branches of camellia, tree peony and chrysanthemum respectively, the interior of [...more]
Lot 2: A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE BLUE-GROUND OCTAGONAL PLATES
YONGZHENG (1723-35)Each enamelled in the centre within an octafoil panel with a lady and two boys in an interior, one of the boys standing before a table arranged with antique objects and holding a pile of books, the other teasing a parakeet on a per [...more]
Lot 3: A PAIR OF RARE FAMILLE JAUNE PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE VASES
KANGXI (1662-1722)Each supported on a spreading circular foot, and with a waisted cylindrical neck, enamelled in yellow and pale aubergine in addition to the characteristic green around the body with four large equidistant ruyi-shaped panels, each en [...more]
Lot 4: A FAMILLE VERTE IRON-RED-GROUND CYLINDRICAL VASE
KANGXI (1662-1722)With a countersunk base and a waisted neck, enamelled in purplish-blue with four peony flowerheads surrounded by trailing leaves, and between greyish-aubergine-ground lappets containing and edged in further blossoms, above and below [...more]
Lot 5: A FAMILLE VERTE CYLINDRICAL VASE
KANGXI (1662-1722)Supported on a countersunk base and with a waisted neck, enamelled with three broad iron-red-ground bands and two green-ground bands, the iron-red bands enriched with demi-florettes linked by foliate scrolls, dragons chasing flaming [...more]
