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Whitley Collection, Featuring Chinese Export, Furniture, and Fine Art | October 29, 2024

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An impressive lifetime collection with over 400 pieces of Chinese Export porcelain including 50 armorials, a rare figure of a Jewish Lady with Christie’s provenance, 100+ blue & white pieces including Kangxi, Qianlong, Kraak, & Ming transitional pieces, purchased from reputable dealers in the UK & US; period furniture from North Carolina, Virginia, Philadelphia, & New England; over 40 tea caddies; Fine Art including 18th & 19th century British portraits; silver flatware; Tiffany kettle on stand; Oriental rugs
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Lot 21

Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Charger, for the Austrian Market

Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid
$250

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circa 1740, enamel and gilt border featuring Rococo scrollwork, lyres, and an arrow with quiver, centering coat of arms possibly for Krueger, 1-5/8 x 12-5/8 in.

Provenance: Henry Moog Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia (label); Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

Note: Similar example pictured in David Howard, China for the West, Volume II, p. 454. While frequently thought to have been the armorial of a Swedish family, Howard points out that the closest coat of arms belongs to the Austrian family of Krueger.

For a similar example see Uppsala Auktionskammare, June 13-16, 2023 sale, Lot 1217, sold for 6,000 SEK ($577) 
https://www.uppsalaauktion.se/en/auctions/20230613/1217-a-chinese-armorial-unicorn-charger/.

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Henry Moog Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia (label); Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

anomalies, pinholes, and loss to gilt/enamel, surface dirt/accretion, areas of professional restoration (see blacklight)