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Asian Art at Marchant
Marchant was founded in 1925 by Samuel Sydney Marchant (1897-1975). Our specialties are Imperial Chinese Ming and Qing porcelains, jades, cloisonné, pottery and works of art. Emphasis is placed on rarity, quality, condition and provenance.
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Blanc de Chine 2024
Blanc de Chine, the luminous white ceramic revered for its delicate beauty, will be presented for the fifth time since the gallery’s 60th Anniversary exhibition in 1985. An exhibition of 34 pieces.
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Kosometsuke & Shonzui 2024
Assembled over almost 25 years, the kosometsuke exhibition includes a diverse selection of blue and white wares, including rare dishes, imaginative vessels, and captivating scenes on tea ceremony pieces. 50 piece exhibition, November 2024
Take a journey through Marchant's history. With over 95 years’ experience in the art world, from historic company moments, to notable events in the art world and lots more.
Timeline & HistoryPorcelain & Works of Art
M4542
£28,000Pair of Chinese imperial porcelain saucer dishes, each painted on a yellow ground and incised with a green and aubergine five-clawed dragon encircling a flaming pearl amongst stylised clouds and flames, the reverse incised with cranes in flight between ruyi-head clouds on a yellow ground extending to the base.
5 5/8 inches, 14.3 cm diameter.
The bases with six-character marks of Guangxu and of the period, 1875-1908.
4. M5087
£9,500Japanese 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.
15. M5305
£3,200Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain joss-stick holder or water-dropper in the form of a standing boy holding a lingzhi branch to his right shoulder dressed in a green jacket and yellow skirt, his hair heightened in aubergine with clear glaze head, chest, arms and feet, all on a raised biscuit lotus-form stand.
5 ¾ inches, 14.6 cm high.
Kangxi, 1662-1722.