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
14 - M5280
Chinese imperial porcelain doucai and famille rose enamelled conical floral medallion bowl, wan, painted on the exterior with four blossoming flower medallions of peony, lotus, chrysanthemum and prunus, representing the four seasons, the branches and leaves forming the roundel, all between stylised green-glazed branches with buds and lotus petals, beneath two underglaze blue lines at the rim repeated on the foot. The well of the interior with a double butterfly medallion and a prunus flower spray, circled by two pairs of underglaze blue double lines.
The base with a six-character mark of Yongzheng within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1723-1735.
8 ¾ inches, 32.2 cm diameter.
2 - M5253
Chinese imperial porcelain yellow-glazed two-handled wine cup, erbei, thinly potted and incised on each side with a continuous anhua band of archaic style dragons facing each other with open mouths, between a pearl, all on a short foot rim and covered overall in an even pale-yellow glaze, pooling on the foot rim between two upright loop handles with curled ends, 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.
2 11/16 inches, 6.9 cm diameter handle to handle, 1 9/16 inches, 4 cm high.
29 - M4941
Chinese imperial porcelain lemon-yellow ground underglaze blue decorated deep stem bowl, gao zu bei, with gently flared lipped rim and ribbed splayed foot, painted on the exterior with three fruiting branches of peach, pomegranate and finger citron, sanduo, all above lingzhi dispersed between panels of flowering camellia branches each with a bud above lingzhi, the splayed foot with crested waves. The well of the interior with a fruiting peach branch above lingzhi within two underglaze blue lines beneath a band of crested and swirling waves and prunus flowerheads all on a lemon-yellow ground.
The inside of the foot rim with a six-character sealmark of Qianlong in underglaze blue written in a line and of the period, 1736-1795.
7 1/16 inches, 18 cm diameter.
