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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Timeline & HistoryPorcelain & Works of Art
M5241
£58,000Chinese imperial porcelain yellow-glazed vase with ovoid body and short, flared neck, covered overall in a rich imperial yellow glaze running to the interior of the mouth and to the base.
9 1/4 inches, 23.5 cm high.
The base incised with a six-character mark of Daoguang within a double square and of the period, 1821-1850.
36. YI7
£6,850Japanese porcelain pale celadon lavender glazed ribbed stem bowl, covered overall on the underside and interior with a Ru-type celadon lavender glaze thinning at the ribs, the foot and rim brown.
9 ½ inches, 24.2 cm diameter; 6 ½ inches, 16.5 cm high.
Kawase Shinobu, 1998.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon striped jar’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth, with the seal, e ku bo, (She) has cute dimples when smiling (in the firing).
33. M5091
£9,500Japanese porcelain celadon lavender glazed ‘penguin’ vase of baluster form with double-pinched rim and short splayed foot, covered overall on the underside and interior with an even celadon lavender Ru-type glaze, the gently everted and pinched rim with brown edge, all on a brown foot rim revealing the body.
9 3/8 inches, 23.8 cm high.
Kawase Shinobu, 1996.
Wood box, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth.
