Asian Art at Marchant

Pair of Chinese imperial porcelain famille rose, fencai, lobed jardinieres on five ruyi-head feet, the body decorated with gilt circular shou-character medallions amongst iron red bats in flight and blue enamel wan-characters, all heightened in gilt on a rich lemon yellow ground, the flat slightly lipped rim with flowerheads on a lime green ground, the interior and base with turquoise enamel lining.

9 inches, 22.8 cm diameter.

The base of each with a six-character sealmark of Daoguang in iron red and of the period, 1821-1850.

Japanese porcelain celadon lavender glazed model of a crane, kakutei, with its tall raised neck looking up with upright curled tail, covered overall and on the interior with a celadon lavender glaze thinning at the comb, beak and tail tip, the flat foot rim brown.

14 inches, 35.5 cm high.

Kawase Shinobu, 1992.

Wood box, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth.

A Chinese porcelain famille verte, wucai, brush pot, bitong, painted with three panels of Fuxing, the god of happiness, standing on a rocky promontory, holding a scroll and looking up at an iron-red bat in flight, beside overhanging rockwork; Luxing, the god of wealth, standing and holding up a gilt hu-tablet beside fencing and rockwork and beneath cloud scrolls and the sun; Kuixing, the god of examinations, standing on one leg on the head of a dragon fish emerging from crested waves while holding a brush in one hand and a bushel-measure in the other, his scantly clad torso with a large green ribbon and wearing gilt rings on his ankles, beside a small stack of books, all on an elaborate seed green ground with daisies, lotus, morning glory, prunus, hibiscus, tree peony and bamboo sprays above four clusters of ripe peaches, the foot, rim and interior glazed white, the base with unglazed wide band and recessed glazed centre.

5 5/8 inches, 14.4 cm high; 4 5/8 inches, 10.8 cm diameter.

Kangxi, circa 1700.