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Fine Art & Decorative Works, Day 2

Sat, Sep 12, 2015 09:00AM EDT - Mon, Sep 14, 2015 09:00AM EDT
Lot 340

Canton Export Tureens and Platters

Estimate: $400 - $800

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
China, for export, 19th century porcelain, two tureens of rectangular form with cut corners, hare-head handles, scrolled finials, and covers with pagoda scenes, the smaller one with fenced landscape and exotic potted plants around the container, the larger one with Chinese figures strolling outside a house with fence, not marked, 7-1/2 x 10-3/4 in. and 8-1/4 x 13-1/4 in.; rectangular platters with cut corners, the larger one with large pagoda painted in well, cell-diaper and lambrequin border, the smaller one with two figures under a willow tree, cell-diaper and moth border, not signed, 16 and 16-1/2 in., (four pieces) smaller tureen has 3 in. crack running from rim downward and rim chip above one handle; larger platter has small rim chip, the smaller platter has a rim chip with crack and another larger chip on rim; larger platter with two rim chips. Provenance: Collection of Laura Lewis, New Brighton, Pennsylvania

Condition

smaller tureen has 3 in. crack running from rim downward and rim chip above one handle; larger platter has small rim chip, the smaller platter has a rim chip with crack and another larger chip on rim; larger platter with two rim chips