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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3 - M5542
Chinese imperial porcelain green dragon dish, pan, with gently flared rim, the design outlined in underglaze blue, painted in the centre with a five-clawed dragon in green glaze, in pursuit of a flaming pearl amongst stylised flames and ruyi-clouds within a double line, encircled by two further similar dragons, the underside similarly decorated, with the dragons above a lappet band.
The base with a six-character mark of Kangxi within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1662-1722.
9 ¾ inches, 24.7 cm diameter.
15. M5199
£12,000Japanese porcelain celadon lavender glazed ribbed vase of Ru-type with a ribbed body and bamboo-form neck and upright rim, covered overall on the base and interior with an even celadon lavender glaze thinning at the rim and ribs, the foot brown.
14 1/4 inches, 36.3 cm high.
Kawase Shinobu, 1985.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon flower vase’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth.
R1382
"May Your Happiness Reach Up To The Tips of Your Eyebrows"
Chinese porcelain famille verte cylindrical brushpot, bitong, painted in a continuous scene with one magpie resting on a prunus branch and four others in flight, amongst angular rockwork and branches of plum blossom with sprays of red, green and blue, petal edges and stamens highlighted in gilt, the base with a circular recess and underglaze blue wan-character maker's mark.
15.4 cm high, 18.2 cm / 7 1/4 inches diameter.
Kangxi, 1662-1722.
