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
40. M5311
£12,500Pair of Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain standing figures of Cao Guojiu holding an ingot, his hair tied up in two buns and a figure of He Xiangu holding a branch of lingzhi with a ruyi-head, each with a green jacket, yellow skirt and aubergine pierced rockwork raised bases, the detailed faces and hands with clear glaze.
6 ¾ inches, 17.2 cm high.
Kangxi, 1662-1722.
Wood stand.
12 - M5283
Chinese imperial porcelain lemon-yellow enamelled deep bowl, wan, thinly potted with gently flared rim and straight foot, covered overall in a rich and even lemon-yellow glaze, the interior glazed white.
The base with a six-character mark of Yongzheng within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1723-1735.
4 ¾ inches, 12 cm diameter.
19. M5193
£6,850Japanese porcelain pale celadon lavender glazed ribbed globular jar with rounded body and gently flared short neck, covered on the base and interior with an even pale celadon lavender Ru-type glaze thinning at the ribs, with brown rim and foot rim.
6 7/8 inches, 17.5 cm high.
Kawase Shinobu, 1989.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon striped jar’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth.
