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.
26. M5263
£6,500Japanese ceramic black glazed stoneware tea bowl, chawan, of irregular naturalistic form with pressed side and unglazed areas in white slip and brown revealing the biscuit body, also covered on the interior with a rich, thick black glaze.
5 inches, 12.7 cm wide.
Kawase Shinobu, 1991.
Wood box, described as ‘black tea bowl’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the white cloth, with the seal, ten-sei.
8. M4911
£7,500Japanese porcelain pale celadon lavender glazed flower-shaped shallow dish with eight petals, covered on the exterior and interior with an even pale celadon lavender glaze thinning at the rim, with brown flat foot rim and base.
12 3/16 inches, 31.5 cm diameter.
Kawase Shinobu, 1983.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon flower-shaped dish’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover.
