No. 8 - Chinese pottery phoenix-head ewer
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MARCHANT

ABOUT

Marchant was founded in 1925 by Samuel Sydney 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. 

Marchant pride themselves on fine pieces that have passed through their hands, many now in major museums and collections worldwide. Services that can be undertaken are the buying and selling of pieces and collections, commission bidding in auctions around the world and specialist advice.

ADDRESS

120 Kensington Church Street
London
W8 4BH

CONTACT

Stuart Marchant, Richard Marchant, Samuel Marchant, Natalie Marchant
Phone +44 (0)20 7229 5319
Email gallery@marchantasianart.com
Website www.marchantasianart.com

INFORMATION

Chinese Ceramics Tang to Song

120 Kensington Church Street, London, W8 4BH

24th October – 11th November

Forty-three pieces of specially selected ceramics from the Tang – Song period, many with impeccable provenance, and with comparable examples in several major museums. A hardback catalogue to accompany the exhibition.

 

OPENING HOURS

Launch Evening
Thurs 27th          10.30-19.00

Mon-Fri               10.30-17.30
Weekends           By appointment

Talk 
Chinese Ceramics Tang to Song 
Friday 28th        14.30-15.30
Please RSVP

IMAGE GALLERY
No. 8 - Chinese pottery phoenix-head ewer, fengshouhu, with slender pear-shaped body, moulded on each side in an oval shape reserve on a splayed buff-coloured pottery foot, with slender neck and stem-form handle forming a flower behind the phoenix bird’s head of predominately blue colour splashed with cream, green and amber glaze beneath a crest and flat rim, one side moulded with a galloping archer turning back to perform the Parthian shot surrounded by flowerheads on a blue ground, the other side with an open-winged phoenix bird standing on one foot perched on a flowerhead surrounded by further flowerheads on a blue ground, the neck and handle of a rich amber glaze, the flat rim with three spur marks from the firing. 13 inches, 33 cm high. Tang dynasty, Gongxian kilns, Henan Province, 7th – 8th century.
No. 37 - Chinese ceramic Jun ware lotus-bud form waterpot, jixin’guan, covered overall with a rich and even lustrous lavender sky-blue glaze, extending overall to the interior and the base thinning towards the light brown rim, all on a slightly splayed short unglazed brown knife-cut foot rim. 3 3/8 inches, 8.6 cm high. Northern Song dynasty, Jun kilns, Henan province, 11th – 12th century.
No. 10 - Large Chinese pottery sancai, three-colour glazed Bactrian camel, the body predominantly of rich amber glaze, standing with its head raised back with wide open mouth, flared nostrils and bulging eyes, a swept-back mane and flowing hair behind its head, the neck with long strands of hair combed to both sides and heightened in a straw glaze, wearing a three-colour splashed saddle cloth pleated at the edge beneath its straw-glazed tufted humps swaying in each direction, the top of the legs and the tail also heightened in straw glaze, the base unglazed with original drips of glaze. 32 5/8 inches, 83 cm high. Tang dynasty, early 8th century.
No. 40 - Chinese ceramic Longquan celadon glazed tripod washer, xi, or censer, lu, of circular drum form with two registers of relief drum-nail studs or bosses on three animal-mask feet with gently inverted rim, covered overall in a pale celadon glaze, with knife-cut biscuit foot rim burnt at the edges. 7 1⁄4 inches, 18.5 cm diameter. Southern Song dynasty, Longquan kilns, Zhejiang Province, 12th – 13th century. Japanese wood box, the interior with label inscribed “Sung celadon 3 feet bowl”.
No. 6 - Chinese pottery blue glazed jar, guan, of well-rounded globular form with flat base and short flared neck, covered overall in a rich and even blue glaze extending in large splashes on the interior which also has a clear glaze, the rim with three spur marks from the firing. 8 1/8 inches, 21.7 cm high. Tang dynasty, Gongxian kilns, Henan Province, 7th – 8th century.

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