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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 129

Chinese Export Imari 'Pronk Dame au Parasol' Porcelain Plate

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

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Qing dynasty, after a design by Dutch artist Cornelis Pronk for the Dutch East India Company, depicting a lady at the waterside, with servant holding a parasol, with birds, underglaze blue insects to verso, 9-1/4 in.  

Provenance: According to consignor notes, purchased from Lady Grohe Antiques, Portobello Road, London, June 1999, for $400; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

Note: For a similar example see Christie's New York, China from China, January 23, 2019, Lot 617, sold for $2,500

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According to consignor notes, purchased from Lady Grohe Antiques, Portobello Road, London, June 1999, for $400; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

spider crack across full length of plate, front and verso, some minor chipping near crack on verso, pinholes and anomalies (as made), fleabites to rim