A collection of Chinese famille rose porcelain sold @ Christie's Amsterdam

A Chinese famille rose pink ground five-piece garniture. Qianlong (1736-1795)

Comprising three baluster jars and covers and a pair of beaker vases, painted to each side with a lobed panels enclosing flowering peony, reserved on a pink ground enriched with formal lotus scrolls, one cover with some retouching, one beaker with minor cracks. the jars 29.5 cm. high, the beakers 23.5 cm. high (5) Est. €3,000 - €5,000  - Price Realized €8,125

A Chinese famille rose desk set for the European market. Circa 1750

Comprising a rectangular pen box and hinged cover decorated with a mountainous landscape, with attached three-sectioned tray with fixed candleholder flanked by a square sander and inkwell, painted and gilt with interior scens, birds in gardens, vases and river scenes, candleholder reglued. 20.9 cm. long. Est. €3,000 - €4,000  - Price Realized €6 875

A large pair of Chinese Canton famille rose baluster vases. 19th Century

Brightly enamelled and gilt with variously shaped panels depicting figure scenes on a ground of pink flowers, butterflies and 'Antiquities', rim restoration. 76 cm. high (2) Est. €4,000 - €6,000 - Price Realized €5,000 

A Chinese famille rose vase. 19th Century, Qianlong four character seal mark in iron-red

Of rectangular tapering section, each side delicately painted with roundels and shaped panels depicting various figures scenes, all reserved on a moulded keyfret-pattern ground above a row of shou characters, the shoulders with four bats below a keyfret ground band enriched with landscape cartouches around the neck. 49.7 cm. high. Est. €1,500 - €2,000 - Price Realized €4,000

A set of eight Chinese famille rose figures of Immortals. Late 18th/early 19th Century

Each standing on a turquoise base, wearing coloured robes and holding their various attributes, damages and repair. 23 cm. high max. (8). Est. €1,500 - €2,000  - Price Realized €3,250

A pair of Chinese Canton famille rose 'Islamic Market' bowls and a set of ten saucer dishes. 19th Century

All decorated with clusters of peony, lotus, pomegranate and finger citrus, below a border of flower panels and flower sprays, three inscribed to the reverse with an Islamic inscription, comprising a pair of bowls, 23.5 cm. diam.; three dishes, 27 cm. diam.; and seven dishes, 24 cm. diam., minor damages (12). Est. €1,500 - €2,500 - Price Realized €2,750

A Chinese Export famille rose 'Cape Town' plate. Circa 1770

Decorated in coloured enamels with a view of Cape Town from the bay with various Dutch ships and rowing boats in the foreground, in the horizon Table Mountain flanked by Lion's Head and Signal Hill, within a trellis border and four sprays of pink flowers, small glaze cracks, slight rubbing. 22.5 cm. diam. Est. €4,000 - €6,000 - Price Realized €€2,500

Notes: From the 17th century onwards Table Bay became an important stop for ships travelling between Europe and China as it was half way. Several versions have been made of this view. A similar plate from the Princesshof Museum, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) is published in F. & N. Hervouët, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Decor Occidental, Paris 1986, p. 39 no.: 2.9. And one was sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam, 5 November 2003, lot 173

An assorted lot of Chinese famille rose dishes and plates. Qianlong (1735-1796)

Comprising a dish decorated to the central roundel with a fenced garden-landscape, 35.5 cm. diam.; a dish painted with a large spray of peony, 39 cm. diam; a set of four deep plates painted to the centre with an abundant flower bouquet surrounded by a composite floral border at the rim, 21.9 cm. diam.; and a set of three plates decorated with peony, 22.9 cm. diam., minor frits (9) Est. €1,500 - €2,500  - Price Realized €€2,375

A Chinese Canton famille rose large baluster vase. 19th Century

Brightly enamelled with shaped cartouches of figures in river landscapes, 'Hundred Antiquities' and flowers, all reserved on a turquoise ground enriched by flower scrolls, the neck and shoulder applied with qilin and lions in gilt below the everted foliate rim, small rim chip and glaze frits. 61.7 cm. high. Est. €1,500 - €2,000 - Price Realized €€1,750

A matched pair of Chinese famille rose pink ground 'medallion' bowls. Daoguang seal mark, one of the period (1821-1850), the other later

The exterior decorated with four medallions depicting various river landscapes with figures and in a different palette, all on a pink sgraffiato ground reserved with stylised lotus sprays, the interior enamelled and gilt with a stylised flower-head, small cracks and one with small rim restorations. 14.8 and 15 cm. diam. (2) Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,750

A set of six and one Chinese famille rose 'double peacock' plate. Qianlong (1735-1796)

Comprising three soup plates, two plates and a dinner plate decorated with a peacock and a peahen perched on rockwork among large flowering peony blossoms, within a spearhead-pattern band at the well, the rim painted with a pink diaper-pattern and flower-sprays, 23.2-26 cm. diam.; and a soup-plate painted en suite with a border decorated with flower-sprays, 22.5 cm. diam., minor damages (7). Est. €1,400 - €2,200 - Price Realized €€1,625

A set of three Chinese famille rose dishes. Qianlong (1735-1796)

Painted to the centre with a large spray of peony, the rim and well further enamelled with four clusters of peony and prunus, glaze cracks
32.5-35 cm. wide (3). Est. €1,500 - €2,500  - Price Realized €€1,375

A pair of small Chinese famille rose saucers. Daoguang seal mark and of the period (1821-1850) in iron-red

A pair of small famille rose dishes enamelled with a river landscape, the upright flaring sides enamelled in blue with a white and turquosie formal lotus scroll, 13.2 cm. diam.; and a pair of underglaze blue and famille rose scalloped plates, painted centrally with boats moored by a fortified harbour, below a composite border enriched with butterflies, glaze frits, mid 18th Century, 22.6 cm. diam. (4) Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,375

A set of five Chinese famille rose 'cockerel' plates. Qianlong (1735-1796)

Each enamelled with a cockerel perched on rockwork looking at another, among branches of flowering peony, surrounded by a composite border enclosing panels of white flowers, minor chip and hairline crack. 22.9 cm. diam. (5) Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,258

A fine Chinese famille rose saucer dish. Yongzheng (1723-1735)

Enamelled and gilt with a finely dressed lady with elaborate hairdress seated in a horseshoe back armchair behind a table with marble top, surrounded by various vessels on the table and floor, the reverse with a Taoist symbol in underglaze blue, fine hairlines and very small rim restoration. 16.4 cm. diam. Est. €1,000 - €1,500  - Price Realized €€1,125

Notes: For a similar dish, see Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Qing Porcelain from the Palace Museum Collection, 1989, p.224, nr.53

A pair of Chinese famille rose duck tureens and covers. late 19th/20th Century

Modelled as a duck looking straight ahead, the iron-red feathers heightened at the wings in green and blue enamels with touches of black, the interior glazed turquoise, gilt beaks. 17 cm. high (2). Est. €1,000 - €1,500 - Price Realized €€1,000

A Chinese famille rose rouleau vase. Yongzheng (1723-1735)

The cylindrical body painted with a boy holding a flower approaching the acolyte of the god of literature, surmounted with a trumpet neck. 20.4 cm. high. Est. €1,500 - €2,000  - Unsold

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