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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4 - M5388
A very fine and rare Chinese imperial porcelain white-glazed waterpot of beehive form, taibaizun, with gently flared lipped rim, moulded and carved with three relief archaic-style dragon and phoenix medallions, covered overall in an even sweet-white glaze.
The base with a six-character mark of Kangxi in underglaze blue and of the period, 1662-1722.
5 ⅛ inches, 12.9 cm diameter of base.
29. M5089
£6,500Japanese 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.
9. M5307/M5308
£5,800Pair of Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain joss-stick holders, modelled as seated smiling boys, each with their left knee slightly raised and holding the joss-stick holder in their left hand, one wearing a yellow jacket and green pantaloons, the other wearing a green jacket and yellow pantaloons, the faces covered in a clear glaze, their hairwork heightened in deep aubergine.
3 inches, 7.7 cm high.
Kangxi, 1662-1722.
