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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47. M5267
£12,000Japanese porcelain pale celadon lavender glazed pinched ‘lotus’ flower vase of slender beaker form, with double pinched foliate rim and flared base, covered overall on the base and interior in an even pale celadon lavender glaze, slightly thinning at the rim, the flat unglazed foot rim revealing the biscuit body.
14 3/8 inches, 36.5 cm high.
Kawase Shinobu, 2015.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon flower vase’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth, with the seal, rimka-rimpa.
13. M5187
£6,500Japanese porcelain celadon lavender glazed cylindrical flower vase, mizusashi or bitong, with five petalled rim, the wide cylindrical body above two ribs at the foot and beneath a gently flared rim with the glaze thinning, covered overall on the base and the interior in an even celadon lavender Ru-type glaze, the biscuit foot rim brown.
6 ¾ inches, 17.1 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.
50. YI1
£6,500Japanese porcelain celadon glazed incense holder or waterpot and cover of persimmon form, covered overall on the base, interior and underside of the cover in a celadon ‘hare’s fur’ speckled glaze, the inner rim of the vessel and cover revealing the brown biscuit body, the flat foot rim glazed over.
2 7/16 inches, 6.3 cm high.
Kawase Shinobu, 2017.
Wood box, described as ‘kingfisher celadon box’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth, with the seal, ki-hen-syo-chu.











