Asian Art at Marchant

Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain water dropper, shuizhu, of a recumbent piebald horse on a green glazed leaf-form base, with head turned to the side beneath its long flowing segmented mane and forelock falling between the pricked ears, the front legs bent as if about to stand, covered on the body with dark brown enamel patches on a pale cream translucent ground, the back with open oval aperture, the tail and mane heightened in pale aubergine glaze, the bridle and hair to the small pastern heightened in yellow, the base unglazed.

5 3/4 inches, 14.6 cm long.

Early Kangxi, circa 1680.

Wood stand.

Japanese porcelain celadon lavender glazed model of a crane, kakutei, with its tall raised neck looking up with upright curled tail, covered overall and on the interior with a celadon lavender glaze thinning at the comb, beak and tail tip, the flat foot rim brown.

14 inches, 35.5 cm high.

Kawase Shinobu, 1992.

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

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.