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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 99

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Charger, Husbands

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Starting Bid
$400

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circa 1730, having central cartouche of gilt flowers within multiple gilt borders, rim with arms of Husbands and gilt floral sprays, 2 x 16-1/2 in.

Provenance: Henry Moog Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1, 1992, for $1,000 (with label); Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

Note: David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 224 illustrates a plate from this service; Elinor Gordon, Collecting Chinese Export Porcelain, New York: Universe, 1977, p. 31, plate 8 illustrates a similar example

For a similar example see: Sotheby's New York, Chinese Export Porcelain from the Private Collection of Elinor Gordon, January 23, 2010, Lot 125, $2,250

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Henry Moog Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1, 1992, for $1,000 (with label); Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

restorations to gilt scrolling border, discoloration, scratching, scuffs, some losses to hand painted decoration, chips to foot ring, anomalies and pinholes (as made)