Asian Art at Marchant
Marchant was founded in 1925 by Samuel Sidney 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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7 - M4919
Chinese imperial porcelain iron-red dragon bowl, wan, thinly potted with gently rising upright sides on a short foot rim, painted with two five-clawed iron-red enamel dragons each in pursuit of a flaming pearl amongst ruyi-clouds and flames, the dragons’ eyes heightened in black enamel, 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.
6 3/16 inches, 15.7 cm diameter.
43. M5384
£8,000Japanese porcelain kingfisher celadon glazed hare’s fur tea bowl, chawan, covered overall on the base and interior with a finely streaked hare’s fur glaze pooling in the well, the glaze thinning at the brown rim and above the short foot rim.
5 3/8 inches, 13.6 cm diameter.
Kawase Shinobu, 2013.
Wood box, described as ‘kingfisher celadon tea bowl’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the white silk cloth, with the seal, shin-en.
M5793
£12,500Chinese porcelain famille verte, wucai, sleeve vase, painted with boys amongst scrolling leaves and flowers, divided with an underglaze blue ground.
24 cm high.
Transitional, circa 1640.
