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. M5086
£11,000Japanese porcelain large celadon lavender glazed melon-form vase, the naturalistic five-lobed body with everted foot and short lipped brown rim, covered overall in an even celadon lavender Ru-type glaze, the brown foot rim revealing the body.
10 inches, 25.3 cm high.
Kawase Shinobu, 2002.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon jar’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth, with the seal, mon-koh-sei-sei-ari.
44. M3703
£8,000Japanese porcelain celadon glazed flower bowl deeply potted with six everted petals, covered overall on the base and interior with an even pale celadon glaze thinning at the rim, the small short biscuit foot rim revealing the body.
9 3/8 inches, 23.8 cm diameter.
Kawase Shinobu, 2014.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon flower-shaped bowl’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth.
28. M5341
£26,000Large pair of Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain, sancai lotus-pod form pyramid scroll weights, zhizhen, each consisting of large lotus pods stacked amongst lotus leaves and branches with green glazed relief steepled flat ends and yellow glaze bodies, one with a small pod issuing from leaves at the top, all on quadrifoliate lobed integral stands splashed in yellow, green and aubergine, with a flat everted ridge edge and green rim, the bases unglazed.
7 ⅞ inches, 20 cm high.
Early Kangxi, circa 1680.
Wood stands.
