Pair of Delft Figures of Buddhas or Pu-Tai, circa 1720

The blue and white dish has a wide-spreading flange and is painted in the centre with two Chinese figures on a terrace by a pavilion in an oriental garden landscape. A third Chinese is visible in the background. The scene is framed in an octagon. The well and flange are divided into four wide and four narrow panels. The wide panels also feature oriental garden landscapes with one or two Chinese figures. The smaller panels are decorated with a stylised double flower. The outer rim is blue.  The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has a similar, somewhat smaller dish . Several dishes with oriental landscapes and similar panelled borders can be found in a German private collection (Hebben & Peters, pp. 76-77), but instead of stylised flowers in the border, a floral scroll is applied here. The decoration is inspired by Chinese porcelain from the transitional period at the end of the Ming and the start of the Qing dynasty. The porcelain of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen (reigned 1628-1644), the first Qing emperor...

The molded dog is sitting on a rectangular base and has its head raised and turned, and his snout opened. He wears a red-dotted collar. The dog is painted in blue, the stand in blue ...

The blue and white dish has a wide, flat flange and is painted in the centre with two Chinese figures on a terrace in an oriental garden landscape. Two pavilions are visible in the background. The scene is framed in an octagon. The well and border are divided into four wide and four narrow panels. The wide panels feature oriental landscapes with a Chinese figure. The smaller panels are decorated with trellis work. The outer rim is blue.  The decoration is inspired by Chinese porcelain from the transitional period at the end of the Ming and the start of the Qing dynasty. The porcelain of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen (reigned 1628-1644), the first Qing emperor...

The polychrome wine jug has an ovoid body on a low spreading foot, a conical neck with spout and a handle with a scroll finish. The jug is painted in purple, yellow and green with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. A band with scroll ornaments and circles is applied to the shoulder just below the neck, the neck itself is decorated with two stylized flowers and scroll ornaments. The handle is decorated with stripes and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 19 cm / 7.48 in. Multi-coloured chinoiserie landscapes on Delftware were only made for a short period of time, roughly between about 1680 and 1690. Most of the decors have been applied on dishes, lobed dishes, butter pots...

The mainly square-shaped stands have indented corners and a raised center section with rim and four small flowers. The stands are painted in polychrome with a combination of flowers,...

Polychrome lobed dish with peacock. Delft, circa 1680 Dimensions: diameter 34,7 cm / 13.66 in. The polychrome lobed dish is composed of nine wide lobes...