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Premier Auction | May 19, 2023

Fri, May 19, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 629

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Water Bottle, Saunders

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 1745, with coat of arms for the Saunders family, iron red, grisaille, and gilt decoration, 9-1/2 x 5 in. 

Note: Similar example pictured in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 349.

Condition

anomalies, pinholes, hairline above coat on one side, cracking to rim with possible retouch, retouch to coats (see blacklight)

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Phillips, London, The Bullivant Collection of Armorial Porcelain, March 22, 1988, lot 226 (label and copy of catalog listing); Estate of Lynda Miller Lipscomb, Charleston, South Carolina