Antique 18C Chinese Encre de Chine Tea Creamer Grisaille VILLAGE SCENE Qianlong

A Chinese Porcelain Caddy with an erotic scene Yongzheng Qianlong period Fantastic and highly detailed decoration in Grisaille/Encre de Chine Chickens having intercourse. Beautiful piece for collectors. Museum Example. Encre de Chine The use of black enamel in imitation of drawings or prints was first developed at the end of the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722) and the Yongzheng reign (1723-1730). Chinese porcelains decorated in ink colour became popular in Europe around 1740, and until about 1790 continental clients continued to order them, especially for armorials, because the ink-colour process so readily duplicated the engraved bookplates supplied to the decorators as source materials. The technique may have been developed first for use on glass in the 1660s in Germany, where it was called schwarzlot. Eighteenth-century shipping records sometimes may have referenced it as pencilled ware because it was executed with a thin brush called a pencil. Albert Jacquemart dubbel it encre-de-Chine. Another name Jesuit ware was used still...

Yongzheng, 18th century, Very fine painting. Yellow glaze and overglaze blue. Very rare combination Condition circular line to lower part handle. 2 restuck chips to lid and crackle ...

Qianlong, 18th century, The plate with the allegorical figures of Concorde and Liberty and the inscription UTICA is believed to be from after the French Revolution of 1789. The two ...

A Chinese Porcelain teapot. Qianlong period Fantastic and highly detailed decoration in Grisaille/Encre de Chine Painted with ‘The Valentine Pattern’. Two doves perched on a quiver ...

Chinese Blanc de Chine Porcelain Sleeve Vase, 18th century, with two mask form handles. 10.25" H 4.25" W x 4" D. Provenance: From a 35 East 75th Street Estate.

Pair Of Bronze Medallions, Rouget De Lille And J.j Rousseau

A vintage Chinese, cobalt blue ginger jar - circa 1970s - Qianlong Stamp Decorated with hand-enamelled chinoiserie-style framed scenes to both ...

"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) large white, porcelain urn depicting a blue scene of a village along the water, and finished with two dark blue scrolled handles along the neck. ...