Asian Art at Marchant

Japanese porcelain celadon lavender glazed ribbed bottle vase of Ru-type, the rounded body with two bands of ribs on the sloping shoulder beneath bamboo-form ribs on the cylindrical neck and everted rim, all on a splayed foot, covered overall on the base and interior with an even celadon lavender glaze thinning at the ribs and rim, the foot rim brown.

11 inches, 28 cm high.

Kawase Shinobu, 1983.

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

Chinese porcelain famille noire and gilt hexagonal brushpot, decorated with six panels containing Buddhist and Daoist figures, Liu Hai and his three-legged toad, Damo amongst waves, Lan Cai He with a staff and basket of flowers, Zhongli Quan with a fan, Jiang Ziya in his fishing hat and He Xiangu holding a flower, all on an elaborate seed green ground amongst flowering peonies, the foot similarly decorated, the rim with a scrolling band in underglaze blue, the base glazed white.

Kangxi, 1662-1722.

4 7/8 inches high, 12.3cm.

A Chinese porcelain famille verte hexagonal puzzle ewer and cover, painted on the body with panels of mythological animals between branches of flowering plants between bands of flowers, precious objects, scrolls and diaper bands, all on a pedestal foot with precious objects repeated on the cover.

9 1/4 inches, 23.5 cm high.

Kangxi, 1662-1722.