Asian Art at Marchant

Chinese imperial porcelain blue and white deep palace bowl evenly potted with gently flared rim, the exterior with five further flowervheads on a scrolling branch, amongst arrow-head leaves, scrolls and foliage all above a band of stylized lotus petals, the interior painted in the well with a lotus flowerhead, amongst arrow-head leaves, scrolling branches and foliage.

7 ½ inches, 19.1cm diameter.

The base with a six-character mark of Kangxi within a double rings in underglaze blue and of the period, 1662-1722.

Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain water dropper, shuizhu, of a recumbent piebald horse on a green glazed leaf-form base, with head turned to the side beneath its long flowing segmented mane and forelock falling between the pricked ears, the front legs bent as if about to stand, covered on the body with dark brown enamel patches on a pale cream translucent ground, the back with open oval aperture, the tail and mane heightened in pale aubergine glaze, the bridle and hair to the small pastern heightened in yellow, the base unglazed.

5 3/4 inches, 14.6 cm long.

Early Kangxi, circa 1680.

Wood stand.

Chinese porcelain imperial green-enamelled dragon jar of ovoid form, decorated with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls amongst ruyi-head clouds and flames beneath a wide band of the bajixiang on the shoulder and above a band of lappets at the foot, the cover decorated on the top surface with a five clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl, the side of the cover with band of ruyi-heads. The base with six-character sealmark of Jiaqing in underglaze blue and of the period, 1796-1820.

8 1/2 inches, 21.5 cm high