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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20 - M5145
Chinese imperial porcelain large celadon-glazed moulded and carved deep bowl, wan, with flared white-glazed rim and slightly inverted foot decorated on the exterior with large sprays of lotus flowers, leaves and buds, fruiting peach branch, peonies, a pink flower, finger citron, prunus, camellia, fruiting pomegranate, tree peony and fruiting lychee, covered overall in a rich and even luminous celadon glaze, extending to the interior and the base.
The base with a six-character sealmark of Qianlong in underglaze blue and of the period, 1736-1795.
13 ¼ inches, 33.8 cm diameter.
8. M4911
£7,500Japanese porcelain pale celadon lavender glazed flower-shaped shallow dish with eight petals, covered on the exterior and interior with an even pale celadon lavender glaze thinning at the rim, with brown flat foot rim and base.
12 3/16 inches, 31.5 cm diameter.
Kawase Shinobu, 1983.
Wood box, described as ‘celadon flower-shaped dish’, signed and with artist’s seal, Shinobu, on the interior of the cover.
6 - M4918
Chinese imperial porcelain blue and white dragon bowl, wan, thinly potted with gently rising upright sides on a short foot rim, painted with two five-clawed dragons with detailed scales and open mouths, each in pursuit of a flaming pearl, amongst stylised flames, the interior glazed white.
The base with a six-character mark of Kangxi within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1662-1722.
6 ¼ inches, 16 cm diameter.
