The four famille colors used to decorate Chinese porcelain have a long and rich history in Chinese art and culture.

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A Canton enamel 'Millefleur' famille noire sweetmeat set,…

Republic Period Canton Enamel Millefleur Sweetmeat Set, 20th Century

A Canton enamel 'Millefleur' famille noire sweetmeat set, Republic period, 20th century comprising 6 petal-shaped dishes that form circle with a center circular dish, finely hand painted throughout in millefleur (thousand flowers) design upon a black…

A Chinese porcelain baluster vase, the ovoid body with tall…

Noir Glaze Chinese Porcelain Baluster Vase - 23cm

A Chinese porcelain baluster vase, the ovoid body with tall flared neck in noir glaze, height 23 cm

A Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, of square baluster form,…

Famille Noir Porcelain Vase with Floral Design, 46cm

A Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, of square baluster form, decorated in black enamel with floral designs on a green ground, height 46 cm

A Chinese porcelain famille noir bowl, the exterior with three…

Famille Noir Porcelain Bowl with Carp Design

A Chinese porcelain famille noir bowl, the exterior with three carp in various colours amongst green leafy patches and coloured highlights on black. Six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle, diameter 15.5 cm.

Chinese famille noire vase and wooden stand, 34 cm high

Famille Noire Vase with Wooden Stand - 34 cm High

Chinese famille noire vase and wooden stand, 34 cm high

A pair of Chinese famille Noire porcelain vases, 20th century,…

Chinese Kangxi-style famille Noire porcelain vases, 20th century

A pair of Chinese famille Noire porcelain vases, 20th century, in the Kangxi style, each with a tapering square sectioned body and a flared neck decorated with lotus flowers and foliage on a black ground, six character mark to base, height 50 cm

Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, with cylindrical neck…

Famille Noir Porcelain Vase with Dog and Peony Design

Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, with cylindrical neck above an ovoid body, decorated with dogs of fo on a rich ground of peony and foliage, in tones of green, blue, yellow and orange on a black ground, six character mark to base, height 27 cm

Chinese late Qing twelve panel porcelain table screen, set with…

Famille Noir Porcelain Table Screen, Late Qing Dynasty

Chinese late Qing twelve panel porcelain table screen, set with twelve famille noir square panels, displaying birds, flowers and fruit, in rich tones set within a wooden frame, height 66 cm

Chinese late Qing Dynasty famille noir jar, of ovoid form,…

Famille Noir Peony Jar

Chinese late Qing Dynasty famille noir jar, of ovoid form, decorated with reserve of peonies to front and back, on a stylised lotus and foliate ground, accented with borders to shoulder, height 21 cm

Chinese Kangxi period (1661-1722) porcelain famille noir petite…

Kangxi famille noir porcelain vase with birds and flowers

Chinese Kangxi period (1661-1722) porcelain famille noir petite porcelain vase, of slender tapering form, with flared lip, decorated with birds and flowering branches, in tones of green, white and puce on a black ground, raised on fine circular foot,…

Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, of slight meiping form,…

Famille Noir Porcelain Vase with Bird and Peony Design

Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, of slight meiping form, decorated with birds in flight amongst peony, in tones of green, blue and yellow on a black ground, painted seal mark to base, with original French retail sticker, height 31 cm

Chinese famille noir porcelain bowl, of circular form,…

Famille Noir Porcelain Bowl with Lotus Flowers

Chinese famille noir porcelain bowl, of circular form, decorated with stylised lotus flowers in rich emerald green tones on a black ground, on a circular foot, seal mark to base, diameter 12 cm

A black-glazed bottle with a cap and stand, decorated in…

Famille Noir Glazed Bottle with Enamel Decoration

A black-glazed bottle with a cap and stand, decorated in famille noir with enamel painted figures, carp and blossom motifs, 25 cm high (3)

Pair of Chinese famille noir porcelain jars, of baluster form,…

Famille Noir Butterfly Jars

Pair of Chinese famille noir porcelain jars, of baluster form, decorated with roundels of butterflies of shou characters surrounded by a floral ground, height 17 cm (2)

A pair of Chinese famille noire style table lamps with black…

Chinese Famille Noire Table Lamps with Tasselled Shades

A pair of Chinese famille noire style table lamps with black and grey tasselled shades 82 cm high

Chinese famille Noire porcelain vase, 20th century, Mille-fleur…

Famille Noire Porcelain Vase with Mille-fleur Motif

Chinese famille Noire porcelain vase, 20th century, Mille-fleur motif, the baluster body supported on a short foot, with two Foo dog-form handles, turquoise glazed interior, Qianlong six-character seal mark to underside, base restored, height 28 cm

Good Chinese famille noir vase, with waisted neck, set with…

Chinese Famille Noir Dragon Vase with Melon and Butterfly Motifs

Good Chinese famille noir vase, with waisted neck, set with stylised dragon handles above an ovoid body beautifully decorated with melons, tendrils and butterflies in tones of green and yellow on a black ground, on spreading circular foot, seal mark to…

Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, of meiping form, decorated…

Prunus Birds Famille Noir Porcelain Vase

Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, of meiping form, decorated with birds amongst prunus branches, in tones of green, white and yellow on a black ground. Six character mark on base, height 31 cm

Chinese porcelain famille noir vases, of facetted form,…

Famille Noir Porcelain Vases with Bird and Pond Scenes

Chinese porcelain famille noir vases, of facetted form, decorated with panels featuring birds amongst flowering trees and within pond scenes in tones of green, yellow and puce on a black ground, six character marks to base, height 48 cm (2)

A Chinese famille noir porcelain umbrella stand, probably late…

Chinese Famille Noir Porcelain Umbrella Stand

A Chinese famille noir porcelain umbrella stand, probably late 19th early 20th century, polychrome painted with Buddhist lions on a black ground, drill hole obstructing seal mark to base, 47 cm high. Provenance: The collection of a Curator & Collector,…

A mirror pair of Chinese porcelain vases, with Guangxu mark to…

Chinese porcelain cherry blossom vases

A mirror pair of Chinese porcelain vases, with Guangxu mark to the base, the baluster shape, in overglaze enamel, the noir ground painted with a flowering cherry blossom issuing from rocks, height 27 cm

Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, reign mark to base, 21 cm…

Chinese Famille Noir Porcelain Vase with Reign Mark

Chinese famille noir porcelain vase, reign mark to base, 21 cm high

A Chinese famille noire hexagonal porcelain vase, Qing dynasty,…

Famille Noire Hexagonal Vase, Qing Dynasty

A Chinese famille noire hexagonal porcelain vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), decorated with flowers and birds on a black background, 22.2 cm high

A Chinese famille Noire vase, meiping in form, with an…

Chinese Famille Noire Mythological Vase

A Chinese famille Noire vase, meiping in form, with an enamelled mythological scene, blue underglazed six character mark to base, 23 cm high

A large Chinese pair of baluster porcelain vases painted with…

Chinese Baluster Porcelain Vases with Bird & Butterfly Panels

A large Chinese pair of baluster porcelain vases painted with panels of birds and butterflies on a famille noir ground decorated with flowers, 20th century, 85 cm high

A Chinese baluster vase famille noir, decorated with mythical…

Famille Noir Chinese Baluster Vase with Dragon Decoration

A Chinese baluster vase famille noir, decorated with mythical dragon, marks to base 36 cm high

Chinese famille noir porcelain rectangular dish, measures 37 cm…

Famille Noir Porcelain Rectangular Dish - 37cm

Chinese famille noir porcelain rectangular dish, measures 37 cm wide

Pair Chinese famille noir porcelain temple jars painted with…

Famille Noir Porcelain Temple Jars with Figures and Calligraphy

Pair Chinese famille noir porcelain temple jars painted with figures and calligraphy measure 25 cm high

A Chinese famille Noire hexagonal vase, the baluster vase with…

Festive Chinese Hexagonal Vase with Figures

A Chinese famille Noire hexagonal vase, the baluster vase with a waisted neck and trumpet rim, decorated with myriad figures engaged in festivities and parades bearing auspicious objects and travelling by foot, boat and elephant, in enamel colours with…

Chinese 'Famille Noire' vase, 20th century, decorated with…

Black Chinese Vase with Mynah Birds and Butterflies

Chinese 'Famille Noire' vase, 20th century, decorated with mynah birds, butterflies and prunus on black ground, Kangxi mark to base. Height 34.5 cm

Antique Chinese famille noir lidded jar with bird & tree…

Chinese Kangxi famille noir lidded jar with bird decoration

Antique Chinese famille noir lidded jar with bird & tree decoration, Kangxi mark to base, 39 cm high approx

A Chinese famille noir vase. Height 25 cm

Famille Noir Vase: Chinese Elegance in Black and White

A Chinese famille noir vase. Height 25 cm

A large Chinese famille Noire rouleau vase, Imported for…

Chinese Dragon Vase with Floral Design

A large Chinese famille Noire rouleau vase, Imported for Geraldine Cooper Interiors, the vase of typical rouleau form, with an all over floral and tendril creeper design with writhing dragons in a predominantly emerald palette on a black ground, between…

An unusual Chinese famille noir 'Lion' charger decorated on…

Chinese Lion Charger with Kangxi Mark

An unusual Chinese famille noir 'Lion' charger decorated on both interior and exterior with Fo lions among floral scrolls six character Kangxi mark to base 42.5 cm diameter

A large Chinese famille noire bowl, of waisted ovoid form…

Famille Noire Dragon Bowl with Kangxi Marks

A large Chinese famille noire bowl, of waisted ovoid form tapering to a circular foot decorated in enamels with a continuous scene of writhing dragons amidst floral, in a predominantly emerald green palette on a black ground; with underglaze Kangxi marks…

Chinese famille Noire double handled porcelain vase painted…

Fruit and Butterfly Kangxi Porcelain Vase

Chinese famille Noire double handled porcelain vase painted with fruiting vines and butterflies, with Kangxi mark

A pair of Chinese porcelain famille noir triple gourd vases,…

Chinese cherry blossom porcelain triple gourd vases

A pair of Chinese porcelain famille noir triple gourd vases, each decorated with flowering boughs of cherry blossom, the squat spherical bodies raised on circular spreading bases. Height 29.5 cm

A rare Chinese famille noire bottle-vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th…

18th Century Chinese Famille Noire Dragon Vase

A rare Chinese famille noire bottle-vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, with a yellow and aubergine Qilong dragon coiled about the shoulder. 21.3 cm high. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, exhibition 30/9/1989, cat No. 14, Sydney private collection

Chinese famille noir floral charger, 44 diameter

Chinese Floral Charger, 44" Diameter, Famille Noir

Chinese famille noir floral charger, 44 diameter

A large famille noir baluster vase decorated with Prunus and…

Famille Noir Prunus and Bird Vase

A large famille noir baluster vase decorated with Prunus and birds with geometric Patterns to base and rim six character Kangxi mark to base 40 cm high

Famille noir six panel vase with predominantly floral scenes.…

Kangxi Floral Noir Vase - 39cm

Famille noir six panel vase with predominantly floral scenes. Kangxi mark to base. Height 39 cm