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MARCHANT

Specialist in Antique Asian Art

Ming Porcelain for the Japanese Market, ko-sometsuke & ko-akai
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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Blue and white tea bowl of cylindrical form on a tall foot, painted with two pairs of characters ji xi
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.