Lot 59

Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Soup Plate, Hope

Estimate: $100 - $300

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$50,000 $5,000
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circa 1795, underglaze blue and gilt diaper, trellis, and scale centering coat of arms of Hope of Craighall, the mottos reading "At spes infracta" and "Gloria eax mentis honestae", 1-3/4 x 9-5/8 in.

Provenance: Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

Note: Similar example pictured in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 716.

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Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

anomalies, pinholes, microabrasions, and some loss to gilt/enamel, small chip to rim, surface dirt/accretion