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Premier Auction - Session II - September 16, 2023

Sat, Sep 16, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 911

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Tureen and Undertray, Lovelace

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 1755, with coat of arms for the Lovelace family, spearhead banding, enamel floral decoration, rabbit head handles, and lid with pumpkin finial, tureen 8-5/8 x 14-1/4 x 9 in.; undertray 14-1/2 x 11 in. 

Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina

Note: Similar example pictured in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 480.

Condition

anomalies, pinholes, wear to bases; tureen with firing crack to finial, repair and retouch to base (see blacklight)

Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina