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MARCHANT

Specialist in Antique Asian Art

Ming & Earlier
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Blue and white charcoal container hiire, painted in a continuous scene with a boat, its sail furled, being pulled through choppy waters by three men on the shore edge wearing a harness, the bow and stern continue around the corners of the vessel as do the harnessed men, all above a scroll band on the raised foot and beneath a double line in underglaze blue at the rim.
A Chinese Longquan celadon glazed shallow bowl with flat everted rim, carved in the well with three phoenix birds in flight amongst insects, encircled by a continuous scrolling branch of flowering lotus, the exterior with a band of lappets above the foot, covered over all in a rich celadon glaze, the base with a burnt red unglazed ring.
Blue and white pouring vessel with two spouts painted on the exterior with three depictions of the seated immortal Shoulao the god of longevity, holding his staff, being brought an offering by an attendant, twice with a kneeling boy offering a drink on a tray and once with a standing attendant holding a branch, all between a single line at the rim and above a chequered pattern and two pairs of double lines.
A Chinese Ming Imperial porcelain yellow glazed saucer dish with flared rim, covered over all in a rich and even egg yolk yellow glaze slightly pooling on the exterior of the foot rim, the base glazed white.
A pair of Ming Chinese porcelain wucai standing figures, each dressed in elaborate robes in turquoise, green, yellow, iron-red and black enamels, the lady with a phoenix medallion tied in the centre with a Buddhist lion and brocade ball on the skirt, holding in her right hand a peach branch with feather-work on her shoulders beneath an upright collar, her hair tied in two top knots, the man with a folded robe with qilin at his chest above a wide diaper band and tied at the waist, the lower robes with phoenix bird in flight and holding a stylised lotus stem in his right hand.
Blue and white conical 12 sided faceted food bowl on splayed foot, painted on the exterior in each facet with a single ruyi head, above a band of stylised leaves, the foot with a triangular wave band, the interior painted in the well with a camellia flower head on a leafy branch, beneath a band of petal tips and a blue single line at the rim.
Blue and white deep dish painted with two peonies in full bloom growing from a single stem bearing buds and veined leaves, encircled in the well by a continuous band of seven peony flowerheads and buds on a single stem, between double rings, the everted rim with a wide classic scroll band outlined by a single line border inside the raised lipped rim, the underside with a continuous scrolling branch with eight lotus flowerheads, the base unglazed.
Blue and white food bowl with irregular foliate eight petal lobed rim, painted in the well of the interior with a double ring circular medallion enclosing a scholar holding a staff and his attendant holding a wrapped qin, on the edge of a rocky promontory looking out over a lake with a house on the distant shore, beneath birds in flight and the moon, butterflies and insects beneath the blue washed rim, the exterior with two butterflies and two insects beneath eight prunus flower heads above an ogee lobe and a tall foot rim.
A pair of Chinese porcelain Ming blue and white deep dishes, one painted in the centre with a mountainous river landscape scene with fishermen in their boats travelling between steep mountains with pagodas, pavilions, pine and wuti; the other with a city wall, pagoda and pavilions in the distance, with a large boat, six fishing boats and a tall pagoda divided by a central mountain with a large pine tree, each dish encircled by six lobed panels of birds perched on flowering branches including chrysanthemum, camellia and peach, all on grounds of cash and scale diaper, the undersides painted with three birds perched amongst large flowering branches above scrolls on the foot.
Blue and white circular food bowl with flared rim and tall foot, painted with a continuous rocky mountain river landscape, a standing scholar with staff on the edge of a rocky promontory looks out at two fishing boats with three mountain peaks in the distance, beneath the moon, all between double lines, the foot with band of stylised leaves.
A large Chinese porcelain Ming blue and white saucer dish painted with five carp, li yu, amongst flower sprays and aquatic plants, encircled by underglaze blue double rings, the underside with six cranes between ruyi-head cloud sprays, above a band of scrolls at the foot and beneath a further double line in underglaze blue, the base unglazed.
A Chinese porcelain Ming Swatow deep dish painted in the centre with a turquoise Buddhist lion encircled by an iron-red ribbon and brocade ball, the wide border with three phoenix birds in flight, between large sprays of lotus, chrysanthemum and peony, heightened with green enamel leaves.
Blue and white tea bowl of cylindrical form on a tall foot, painted with two pairs of characters ji xi
A Chinese porcelain large blue and white kosometsuke saucer dish in the form of a lotus flower-head, with moulded petals and foliate rim, the centre with an open flower-head encircled by a band of stylised leaves and a blue ground band of scrolls beneath the double petal moulded leaves dispersed between wan characters, the underside similarly decorated with a double band of moulded lotus petals.
Blue and white incense container and cover, kôgô, moulded in the form of a three-legged toad, the cover forming the top half and head of the animal all decorated in reverse technique with prunus flower heads on a speckled blue ground, the lower section with three feet similarly decorated, the interior glazed, the base and edges unglazed, burnt red in the firing, the tail, nose and mouth with mushikui.
Blue and white incense container kôgô of circular form, the cover moulded as a frog on a lotus leaf amongst grass sprays the grass repeated on the circular base, the elbow with mushikui.
A Chinese porcelain kosometsuke waterpot in the form of twin peaches, with stalk and foliage in relief, painted with four butterflies on a key-fret ground, the three biscuit feet of butterfly form.
Longquan large celadon dish of fluted form with foliate barbed everted rim and raised lip covered overall with an even sea-green glaze pooling slightly in the flutes, the base with a ring burnt orange in the firing.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white kosometsuke sweetmeat dish in the form of a fisherman or gaijin (foreigner) holding a conch, wearing a large hat and a sash all on four circular feet, the details rendered with lines, wash and fukizumi, the underside with his face moulded and painted to reveal the features and enriched with fukizumi.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white kosometsuke sweetmeat dish in the form of a conch shell, painted with a carp li yu amongst aquatic plants, the ribbed end with fukizumi, the underside with further fukizumi, on three circular feet. 7 ¼ inches, 18.4cm long.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white kosometsuke sweetmeat dish in the form of a sheep, the face outlined, the body with a blue wash ground and individual lines to imitate the hairwork, moulded on the underside to reveal the features, all on three short feet.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white kosometsuke sweetmeat dish in the form of a Chinese perch gui yu, the details painted in lines, wash and splashed dots fukizumi, the underside moulded to reveal the features of the fish, on three circular feet.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white kosometsuke sweetmeat dish in the form of a recumbent buffalo, the details picked out in lines and blue wash splashed on both sides with fukizumi, the underside moulded to reveal the features with the outlined face, all on three short feet.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white kosometsuke sweetmeat dish in the form of a recumbent horse, the details painted in outline and blue wash, the underside moulded and outlined to reveal the features of the horses head and splashed with fukizumi , all on four short feet.
A Chinese porcelain blue and white sleeve vase, rolwagen, painted with vases containing flowering plants including a crackled vase in a stand with lingzhi, fungus branch and camellia, a tall slender vase with prunus, a gu form vase with prunus and bamboo, a tripod crackled censer with leaf sprays, a blue ground vase painted with ruyi-heads in a stand containing peony and a square jardinière with orchids and rock, all above “V”-shaped grass and rockwork beneath the moon, the slightly flared neck with stylised leaves, the flat base unglazed.
Imperial massive blue and white fish bowl, yu gang, with lipped rim, painted with three carp and a freshwater perch (also known as mandarin fish) amongst lotus flowerheads, leaves, underground stem (rhizome), water clover, fern and other aquatic plants, all between double lines, the base unglazed.
Five blue and white moulded leaf shape dishes on three bracket feet each painted in the reverse technique in the form of a single leaf with central spine from which everted striped lines emit, painted with stylised water drops beneath a serrated edge.
Blue and white incense burner in the form of a duck wading in a shallow lotus pond, the wings and feathers delicately modelled in an upright position with detailed painting to the feathers, the head turned towards the front with an open mouth from which the incense would have emerged, the base on three short feet decorated with the feet of the duck amongst lotus leaves and aquatic plants.
Blue and white waterdropper in the form of a peach with branch form stem and flower form spout, painted with a large butterfly and an insect amongst eight stylised speckled flower heads, the base of the stem forming the foot rim.
Blue and white jar of hexagonal baluster form, painted with four octofoil panels of three carp and a perch (known as a mandarin fish) amongst lotus and aquatic plants separated by four pairs of stylised lotus flowerheads and lingzhi clouds, each facet of the shoulder with a ruyi-head lappet enclosing a shou character on a blue-wash diaper ground divided by pendant jewels, the neck with quatrefoil floral panels, the foot with floral lappet band, the base unglazed with collector’s flower head drill mark.
Blue and white double pomegranate openwork waterdropper, painted with two butterflies behind fruiting pomegranate branches with birds perched, a further butterfly above the large moulded leaf form spout with pierced openwork beneath the five pointed double pomegranates, all on three short feet joined by a moulded branch.
Imperial green-ground iron-red decorated vase of gourd form, the lower bulb painted with four lotus flowerheads on a scrolling branch amongst leaves, beneath a classic scroll band on the shoulder, the upper bulb with three lotus flowerheads on a similar scrolling branch amongst leaves, above three peony flowerheads on a scrolling floral branch at the waist.
Blue and white small plate painted in the centre with two scholars crossing a bridge beside a rocky promontory and a viewing pavilion with trees and mountainous landscape and a central rock situated in the middle of the water which is indicated by linear striations, all within a double ring, the flat everted rim asymmetrically decorated with two roundels of prunus flower heads and four roundels with chevrons and crosses between single lines.
Blue and white saucer dish painted with four buffalo with a seated herdsman looking on amongst grass sprays and rockwork, the scene framed at the top with fourteen lozenge form flower heads all encircled within a single underglaze blue line, the underside painted with two pairs of winter branches beneath double lines with flat foot rim and recessed base, the rim with extensive mushikui.
Imperial green-ground saucer dish with gently flaring rim, incised in the centre with a yellow five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl amongst stylised lingzhi clouds and flames within a double ring, the underside with two dragons, each in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the base with collector’s mark.
Blue and white miniature Shonzui type censer painted with three roundels of pine, willow and three birds in flight, all on three different geometric grounds of cash, wan character, and scales beneath a band of keyfret, the inverted lipped rim with ruyi head scrolls on a blue wash ground.
Imperial large deep bowl with flaring rim on tall slightly inverted foot, covered overall in a rich and even egg-yolk yellow glaze, the base glazed white.
Blue and white double gourd form sake bottle of Shonzui type, painted on the lower section with four lingzhi on a continuous branch amongst scrolling foliage, beneath a wide band of stylised leaves at the shoulder, and below another with a band of flames, lozenge pearl and satellite dots, the upper bulb with conch shell, music stone, fan, jewels, gourd, wan character, flames and flower heads, beneath two pairs of geometric diaper bands on the tall cylindrical neck, the base unglazed.
A wucai hexagonal deep dish with indented brown washed rim, painted in the centre with a lotus pond, a heron stands beside flowering lotus, leaves and aquatic plants with a bird in flight, within a moulded panelled border of six aquatic creatures, fish, toad, terrapin, shrimp, snail and crab on different diaper grounds.
Imperial blue and white pear-shaped bottle vase with cylindrical flared neck and galleried rim painted on the body in a continuous scene with the eight Daoist immortals, Shoulao and two other immortals with an attendant chasing a hound, some holding their attributes, others with their attributes in the sky, all in a landscape with pine trees beneath clouds, with a dragon in flight, a floating sword, broom and a crane beneath mountain peaks and birds, the neck with two bands, one of triangular diaper, beneath branches and scrolls.
Imperial blue and white small shallow bowl painted on the exterior with six of the eight Daoist immortals, Han Zhongli holding his fan, Cao Guojiu his two beaters for keeping time, Zhang Guolao the fish drum and two metal beaters, Lan Caihe a vase, Lu Dongbin seen here with a book, and Li Tieguai holding a gourd, all above crested waves, the interior painted in the well with a flowerhead medallion of chrysanthemum, prunus, camellia and peony within a double ring.
A wucai flower form dish with petal shape fluted brown wash rim painted with a flowering branch of peony with buds and leaves beside a music stone or axe head with a three-character mark xi chuang ji ``west window mark``, probably a name of a studio, within double lines of underglaze blue and a single thick line in iron red.
Wucai flower form dish with petal shape fluted brown wash rim painted with a lotus flower head, bud, pod, arrow head and leaves beneath a large circular double seal with the mark so shi ``longevity stone``, within a double ring in underglaze blue and iron red single band.
Wucai flower form dish with petal shape fluted brown wash rim, painted with a fruiting branch of pomegranate with buds and leaves above a four-character sealmark you zhi qian li ``if you have ambition you can travel thousands of li`s`` within a gourd enclosed in an underglaze blue double line and an iron-red wash.
Wucai plate with flat everted rim, painted with a monkey seated on rockwork, watching a reclining deer who looks up at a bird and insects in flight, amongst rockwork, fruiting peach tree and beside lingzhi fungus, all within a band of four panels of camellia, aster, peony and prunus on a chequered ground, the rim partially covered with a pale brown wash.
Imperial small wucai jar, guan, painted with a wide band of stylised lotus flowerheads on a single scrolling branch with leaves, two large blooms in iron-red, one in yellow and one in underglaze blue, all between wide bands of lappets above the foot and at the shoulder, the neck with a scrolling foliate band.
Wucai plate with flat everted rim painted with a monkey seated on rockwork beneath a fruiting peach tree beside lingzhi fungus watching a reclining deer looking up at a bird and insects in flight, all within a band of four panels of lotus, camellia, prunus and aster on a chequered ground, the rim partially covered with a pale brown wash.
Imperial wucai large circular box and domed cover with bud-form knop painted on the lower section with a wide band of five dragons, wu long, each with five claws, a pair in iron-red enamel, one in yellow, one in green and one in underglaze blue, each in pursuit of a flaming pearl amongst stylised flames and lingzhi clouds beneath a continuous branch of flowerheads and leaves including aster, camellia and prunus, the foot with a band of prunus flowerheads on green waves; the cover painted with a wide band of flowering and fruiting prunus branches issuing from rockwork with birds and butterflies in flight above a band of scrolls at the rim and beneath a further wide band with three mirrored pairs of figures, a seated dignitary holding a cup facing a standing attendant holding a large iron-red wine ewer with another behind him in a continuous landscape with pine trees and foliage beneath a domed iron-red band of lappets.
Imperial wucai shallow bowl painted on the exterior in a continuous scene with two walking figures carrying a dish and a precious object between a similarly laden deer and a saddled green qilin, all amongst flowers, leaves and stylised clouds beneath a band of six flowers and leaves at the rim, painted in the well of the interior with a confronting iron-red winged dragon fish amongst clouds and flames within a double ring.
Blue and white dish with flat everted rim painted in the centre with two standing dignitaries and a warrior looking at a boy holding a broom and pointing at an army in the distance behind a mountain, all in a winter landscape, with rockwork, trees and overhanging bamboo within a double ring, the lipped rim with 25 flower head and leaf roundels, the underside with four crested waves, the rim with mushikui.
Imperial green-ground incised saucer dish with gently flaring rim, incised in the centre with an archaic style four sided gu-form vase containing three branches of flowering peony and two branches of flowering prunus in a double ring medallion encircled by eight yellow-ground treasures, babao, tied with incised aubergine ribbons, the underside with six lingzhi fungus branches all on a luminous green ground, the base incised with a collector’s mark.
Blue and white hexagonal baluster vase with gently waisted neck, painted with five carp and a perch (also known as a mandarin fish), each swimming in their own abstract white reserve formed as crested waves, on an underglaze blue swirling wave ground, above a band of stylised leaves and lappets at the foot and beneath a band of six large interlocked ruyi-heads at the shoulder, the neck with six rectangular panels of aster flowerheads between stylised leaves, the base unglazed.
Blue and white deep dish moulded in the form of a chrysanthemum flower head, on three short cabriole feet, painted with a mountainous river scene, the centre with two fishing boats sailing between a two tier house beside rockwork, the other bank with a viewing pavilion in the distance and the single peak of a tall mountain in the distance beneath the moon, a double line border at the petal edge, the underside white and ribbed with a thick blue tinged glaze, the edges with mushikui.
Blue and white pear-shaped bottle vase with tall slender neck, painted on the body with a pair of falcons, each standing and tied to a perch between jardinières of chrysanthemum, camellia and rockwork on low pedestal stands, all beneath the moon with cloud scrolls and two further birds in flight, beneath pendant tasselled necklace on the neck, surmounted by a Middle-Eastern metalwork cover.
Blue and white two handled tripod incense burner painted in a continuous mountain river scene, each side with two fisherman in boats heading towards viewing pavilions with a willow amongst rockwork beneath further viewing pavilions at the shoulder, birds in flight amongst stylised clouds and the moon, the interior of the handle painted with a yang symbol of three unbroken lines, the exterior of the handles with a single line beneath a dot, covered overall in a rich blue tinged glaze continuing on the interior, the rim and feet with mushikui.
Blue and white saucer dish heightened in underglaze copper-red painted with a fisherman seated in his boat beside rockwork and a large overhanging willow looking out at two flocks of birds and four underglaze copper red carp appearing to swim away from him, all within a single line beneath the rim, the underside with four pearls and satellite dots.
Blue and white square deep dish painted with a mountainous river scene, the centre with a covered boat with flag on a tall mast, heading towards a large pavilion, transporting a dignitary and three figures, who look at a scholar and attendant carrying a qin on the river bank, the flat everted rim with band of keyfret on a blue wash ground.
Blue and white ko-sometsuke water bucket and cover, mizusashi, of broad cylindrical form with upright gate handle imitating the wooden prototype, painted on the body with two bands of twelve panels divided by a blue-washed raised rib, the lower band with crab, fish, shell and shrimp above aquatic plants and crested waves, the band at the rim with cranes in flight between stylised clouds and swirls repeated on the handle sides, all beneath the cross-join decorated with a central flowerhead and scrolling branches, the flat fitted cover with cranes in flight amongst stylised clouds and swirls within a double ring with three bamboo openwork nodes forming the finial.
Wucai quatrefoil dish painted with a standing ferry man in his boat transporting two seated conversing scholars from a rocky willow covered shore, within a wide iron-red double line band, the rim with a brown wash, one of the boats in green and yellow enamel, the others in aubergine and yellow enamel.
Wucai small spill holder or incense burner of cylindrical form, gently tapering towards the foot, painted with a figure seated playing a biwa in a covered viewing pavilion on a hill beside a bamboo grove with flowering plants and rockwork, all between two underglaze blue single lines, the rim with mushikui.
Blue and white dish painted with a barefoot lohan holding up in his right hand a pagoda containing the ashes of Buddha and in his left hand a peach, the symbol of longevity.
Blue and white saucer dish painted with a seated arhat resting his chin on his hand on his raised knee contemplating a yin and yang symbol, his shoes off, beneath stylised clouds and the moon, within a sawtooth pattern and single ring border, the rim with mushikui.
Blue and white saucer dish painted with a seated arhat resting his chin on his hand on his raised knee contemplating a yin and yang symbol, his shoes off, beneath stylised clouds and the moon, within a sawtooth pattern and single ring border, the rim with mushikui.
Blue and white saucer dish painted with an arhat standing on his left bare foot, his right foot raised, looking back with his left arm raised, his right hand holding a crutch, beneath stylised clouds and the moon, within a sawtooth pattern and single ring border, the rim with mushikui.
Blue and white saucer dish painted with a seated arhat resting his chin on his hand on his raised knee, his shoes off, contemplating a yin and yang symbol while his crutch rests behind him, beneath the moon and stylised clouds, encircled by a sawtooth and single ring border, the rim with mushikui.
Blue and white saucer dish painted with a seated arhat resting his chin on his hand on his raised knee, his shoes off, contemplating a yin and yang symbol while his crutch rests behind him, beneath the moon and stylised clouds encircled by a sawtooth and single ring border, the rim with mushikui.
Blue and white plate painted with Shide the Buddhist monk with bare feet walking in a fenced garden, wearing simple robes with a tied gourd suspended from his belt, holding a broom in his left hand, his right hand pointing at the sun, an inscription beneath below stylised clouds, within a double ring, the almost flat everted rim with upturned lip painted with chequer design, the underside with branches and half moons.