Asian Art at Marchant

Japanese porcelain celadon grey crackle glazed petal-shaped dish, covered overall on the base and interior with a Ge-type celadon grey crackled glaze, all on a short foot rim revealing the biscuit body.

7 ¾ inches, 19.8 cm diameter.

Kawase Shinobu, 1970-1976.

Wood box, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the yellow cloth.

A Chinese porcelain famille verte ewer and cover, decorated on either side with a descending dragon grasping the flaming pearl above a band of waves and rockwork, the tall, slender neck flanked by a handle and spout decorated with two confronting dragons which meet at the join, the mouth and foot decorated with scrolling bands, the cover with flames surmounted by a finial with an iron-red flower, the base glazed white.

Shunzhi/Kangxi, circa 1650-1670.

11 inches, 28cm high.

Chinese imperial porcelain doucai dragon saucer dish, pan, painted in the centre with a five-clawed dragon with open mouth and detailed scales in pursuit of a large iron-red flaming pearl, amongst stylised flames and ruyi-clouds all within two underglaze blue lines, the cavetto painted with five large ruyi-clouds in iron-red, aubergine, green and yellow enamels outlined in underglaze blue within two further underglaze blue lines beneath the rim. The underside with a wide band of crested foaming waves beneath clouds, all within underglaze blue double lines.

The base with a six-character mark of Yongzheng within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1723-1735.

7 ⅞ inches, 20 cm diameter.