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MARCHANT

Specialist in Antique Asian Art

Blanc de Chine
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Buddha seated in meditation with his legs crossed in padmasana, the lotus posture with one foot exposed, his hands resting in the lap in dyanamudra, wearing loose robes draped over the shoulder and tied above the waist, exposing his bare chest, the placid face with eyes looking down between elongated earlobes and beneath a mass of tight curls covering the head, all on a stylised lotus form base, covered in a cream glaze.
Guanyin seated on a pierced rockwork base, with right hand resting on her raised knee exposing her foot, wearing long flowing robes and a jewelled necklace, looking down at a standing boy with his arms concealed beneath long robes, covered in a cream glaze.
Guanyin seated on a rockwork throne with right knee raised, wearing long flowing robes extending to a cowl, with elaborate hair and tiara, all between a vase and bird and two acolytes, the Jade Maiden, Longnu and the Golden Youth, Shoukai, covered in a cream glaze.
Buddha standing, wearing long robes and bracelets with tightly knotted hair, on stylised lotus petal base, covered in a thick creamy glaze, of darker tone in the folds.
Guanyin seated on rockwork holding a boy on her lap, wearing long flowing robes extending to a cowl, with detailed hair and ornament, covered in a cream glaze.
Openwork grotto with seated dice players around a bowl with three cups, beneath overhanging pine branches, covered in a white glaze.
Openwork grotto with two seated men playing weiqi, looking at the board and touching the counter bowl, a young man looking on, beneath overhanging pine branches, covered in a white glaze.
Grotto with a group of seated musicians, the central figure clapping his hands, between a string player and a flautist, beneath overhanging pine and prunus, covered in a creamy white glaze.
Theatrical group of Guandi standing wearing armour and pointing with his left hand, beside a bearded kneeling figure wearing a cowl, his left hand behind his back hiding a string of cash, all on a six sided base, covered in a creamy white glaze.
Group of lovers, with a soldier embracing a maiden in front of a screen while a bearded man looks on, the back with a tree trunk joss holder, on a rectangular shaped base incised with tiling, covered in a cream white glaze.
Pair of standing figures of a man and woman, draped in a cloth and bare from the waist up, wearing bracelets, on rockwork bases, covered in a creamy white glaze.
Oil lamp in the form of a circular bowl with everted pie-crust rim, containing central wick holder, encircled by crab, prawn, water beetle and aquatic plants, covered in a creamy white glaze.
Wine pot and cover of hexagonal gourd form, moulded on each side with panels of flowering prunus branches, the cover with prunus flower head knop, covered in a white glaze.17th century silver gilt mounts.
Incense burner in the form of an archaic bronze gui, with two elephant-head handles, covered in a creamy white glaze of slight pink tone.Impressed four character sealmark Lin yin su sui (Lin family mark).
Censer with two lion mark handles, covered in a creamy white glaze.Large impressed four character sealmark Zun gu jie jian (following the ancient traditional code).
Censer with two lion mask handles, covered in a creamy white glaze. Impressed four character seal mark Lin yin su sin (Lin family mark).
Another covered in a creamy glaze, impressed on the unglazed interior well with a rectangular sealmark.
Sleeve vase with two lion mask handles, cylindrical tapering body, rounded shoulder and short flared neck, incised on each side with central large camellia bloom and foliage, covered in a creamy white glaze.
Sleeve vase with two lion mask handles, cylindrical tapering body, round shoulder and short flared neck, covered in a cream glaze of slight pink tone.
Vase of bronze gu form, the central bulge with four flanges on an incised key-fret ground, between incised narcissus and camellia on the trumpet neck and lotus and prunus on the splayed foot, covered in a cream white glaze.
Vase of bronze gu form, the central bulge incised with scrolling foliage between two pairs of horizontal raised bands, covered in an ivory cream glaze of slight pink tone.
Bottle vase with globular body, slender slightly flared neck, applied with four flowering prunus branches, the shoulder with band of scrolling flowers and foliage, the neck with bands of prunus branches, petals and key-fret repeated on the front, covered in a white glaze.
Bowl of shallow form with flared rim, incised with a three column grass script poem, covered in a creamy white glaze.
Puzzle or trick cup, modelled as a peach with relief moulded leafy branch and three small feet, the interior with the standing figure of Lu Hong Jian concealing a hole in the base, covered in a creamy white glaze.
Two water-droppers in the form of nine-lobed lotus leaves, three lobes forming the feet and the stem forming the spout, a crab applied over the interior aperture, one covered in a creamy glaze, the other in a white glaze.
Pair of brushwashers, each in the form of a leaf, on six small feet forming part of the branches, foliage and handle, the interior with incised veins, covered in a cream white glaze.
Three-tier box and cover, applied on each section with a continuous branch of flowering prunus and foliage, the cover similarly decorated, covered in a creamy white glaze.
Drinking cup of rhinoceros horn form, applied with a dragon and tiger, the reverse with a stag and crane beneath overhanging prunus and foliage, incised with a two character inscription, covered in a creamy glaze.
Pair of octagonal wine cups of rhinoceros horn form, on four short feet, covered in a cream glaze.
Large wine cup in the form of an eight-lobed lotus leaf, on three short feet, incised on the exterior with a nine character three column poem, the reverse incised with a flowering prunus branch, the underside impressed with a two character sealmark, covered in a white glaze.
Large pair of wine cups of magnolia form, the openwork branches forming the foot rim, applied on each side with prunus and flowering branches, covered in a creamy glaze.