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Premier Auction | May 19, 2023

Fri, May 19, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 609

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Teapot, Verney and Heath

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$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

circa 1720, with coat of arms Verney with Heath in pretense, banner reading "Vertue Vaunceth", rouge de fer and gold decoration, lid in matching design, 5-3/8 x 7 in. 

Note: Similar example pictured in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 200. 

Condition

anomalies and pinholes, loss to gilt, surface anomaly which fluoresces across body, possible retouch (see blacklight) 

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