Asian Art at Marchant

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.

Chinese imperial porcelain ruby ground famille rose enamelled vase, feng er ping, with light blue and dark blue enamelled outlined openwork phoenix handles, decorated on each side with the Eight Daoist Emblems, anbaxian on a rich and even ruby-red enamel ground above a lappet band with ruyi-head terminals and a leaf band on a gently splayed foot, all beneath a yellow ground band of ruyi-heads at the gilt rim, the interior and base lined with turquoise enamel.

The underside with a six-character sealmark of Qianlong in iron-red and of the period, 1736-1795. 12 ⅛ inches, 30.8 cm high.

A Chinese porcelain blue and white imperial bowl, wan, painted with two five-clawed dragons divided by a large branch of lingzhi fungus supporting a ruyi-head shaped shou and fu characters, amongst stylised flames and clouds and above a band of overlapping petals all between double rings, painted in the well of the interior with a similar dragon medallion.

5 ¼ inches, 13.2 cm diameter.

The base with a six-character mark of Kangxi within a double ring and of the period, circa 1710.