Lot 116

Chinese Export Porcelain Plate, Martin Luther

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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circa 1750, en grisaille and gilt decoration featuring spearhead banding and border with panels of animals and pattern in the style of the du Paquier period of Vienna porcelain, central decoration of Martin Luther flanked by two angels above a panel of Christ and his disciples, 1-1/8 x 9 in.

Provenance: According to consignor notes this plate was purchased from Henry Moog Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia in 1995 for $655; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

Note: Similar example pictured in David Howard & John Ayers, China for the West, Volume I, p. 254, fig. 248.

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According to consignor notes this plate was purchased from Henry Moog Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia in 1995 for $655; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

anomalies, pinholes, and loss to enamel/gilt, cracks and repairs to body, surface dust/accretion