A miniature blanc de Chine whistle modelled as a European man wearing a four-cornered hat riding on the back of a dragon, dating from the Kangxi period c1700. Length 6cm (2.4”). A similar, but larger, figure was sold by the London specialists Marchant’s in their 1985 exhibition of Blanc de Chine. Marchants described their figure as a ‘brush rest whistle’. In his book ‘Oriental Export Market Porcelain’ Geoffrey Godden lists part of the cargo of…
A Chinese finely decorated blue and white porcelain double handled tureen of large size. With an original cover. Both cover and tureen well painted with riverside landscape - pagodas, mountains, dwellings, trees, boats, islands and mountains. Late Qianlong period, c. 1780-1795.
