Asian Art at Marchant

Chinese imperial porcelain yellow-glazed two-handled wine cup, erbei, thinly potted and incised on each side with a continuous anhua band of archaic style dragons facing each other with open mouths, between a pearl, all on a short foot rim and covered overall in an even pale-yellow glaze, pooling on the foot rim between two upright loop handles with curled ends, the interior glazed white.

The base with a six-character mark of Kangxi within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1662-1722.

2 11/16 inches, 6.9 cm diameter handle to handle, 1 9/16 inches, 4 cm high.

Japanese porcelain celadon lavender crackle glazed octagonal flower bowl of deep form with gently everted foliate rim, covered overall on the base and interior with an even celadon lavender crackled glaze thinning at the rim, the short foot rim brown revealing the body.

10 ¾ inches, 27.2 cm diameter.

Kawase Shinobu, 1976.

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

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.