Asian Art at Marchant

Pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte powder-blue ground chargers each painted in the centre with an octagonal flower head shaped panel, enclosing a scholar holding a fan while crossing a bridge with fish swimming below, his attendant following holding a wrapped qin, two further scholars standing on a rocky promontory, a six-tiered pagoda in the distance with houses and overhanging rockwork with willow and wutong beneath a setting gilt sun, iron-red clouds and birds in flight, encircled by eight lobed reserves, four with fisherman in a river landscape and four with flowering plants and rockwork all heightened with gilt flowers. The underside with a lozenge mark within a double ring in underglaze blue.

16 inches, 40.7 cm diameter.

Kangxi, circa 1710.

Chinese jade pouring vessel, yi, with a large ring handle extending into an upturned lip, the rim with fluting between three relief ribs, all on three short feet.

The stone opaque white with natural markings.

4 7/8 inches, 12.5 cm long spout to handle; 2 ½ inches, 6.4 cm deep.

Early Ming dynasty, 15^th century.

Wood stand.

Chinese jade Mughal-style octagonal lobed oval petal-shape cup, the foliate body carved on each petal in low relief with a begonia flowerhead on a scrolling leafy branch above a band of lappets, all on a straight foliate foot rim.

The stone celadon with natural brown markings.

4 ¼ inches, 10.8 cm long; 2 ¾ inches, 7.5 cm deep; 2 7/16 inches, 6.2 cm high.

Qianlong, circa 1760.