Asian Art at Marchant

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.

Pair of Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain scroll-weights, zhizhen, each in the form of a standing phoenix bird beside an aubergine rockwork grotto and a high-relief flowering plant unglazed in the biscuit with an elaborate green leaf, the birds with detailed relief hairwork to their necks and inside feather work to their wings, all on a green and clear-glazed ground on the rectangular base, the underside revealing muslin marks from the firing.

4 ¾ inches, 12.1 cm long; 4 ¼ inches, 10.8 cm high.

Kangxi, 1662-1722.

Japanese porcelain celadon lavender crackle glazed flower vase with pear-shaped body, tall cylindrical neck, gently flared rim and tall gently splayed foot, covered overall on the base and interior with an even celadon lavender crackled glaze thinning at the rim, the foot brown.

9 ½ inches, 24 cm high.

Kawase Shinobu, 1982.

Wood box, described as ‘celadon flower vase’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth.