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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Take a journey through Marchant's history. With over 95 years’ experience in the art world, from historic company moments, to notable events in the art world and lots more.
Timeline & HistoryPorcelain & Works of Art
21. M5324
£3,800Chinese famille verte biscuit porcelain brush rest, bige, modelled as a curved five peak mountain moulded on the front with a fish rising among waves, the reverse with a qilin amongst plants, ingot and a coin, all on a green ground with aubergine and yellow glaze, the edge highlighted in yellow, the unglazed biscuit base slightly concave.
4 ¾ inches, 12.1 cm long.
Kangxi, 1662-1772.
4. M5087
£7,000Japanese porcelain celadon lavender crackle glazed flower vase with pear-shaped body, tall cylindrical neck, gently flared rim and tall gently splayed foot, covered overall on the base and interior with an even celadon lavender crackled glaze thinning at the rim, the foot brown.
9 ½ inches, 24 cm high.
Kawase Shinobu, 1982.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon flower vase’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover and the orange cloth.
16. M5299
£5,800Chinese famille verte, sancai, biscuit porcelain joss-stick holder modelled in the form of Budai seated beside a child holding a necklace above his raised right knee, their faces and his protruding stomach covered in a clear glaze all on a rug form base, the underside unglazed.
3 inches, 7.5 cm high.
Kangxi, 1662-1722.
