American & Southern | Session I | November 13, 2025
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 02:00PM EST
Lot 1545
David Howard Illustrated Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Bowl, Munro and Poyntz
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Sold for
$1,300
Sold Price excludes BP
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| $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 1765, floral sprays flanking arms of Munro impaling Poyntz with Munro motto "Dread God", interior with gilt spearhead border to rim, 6-7/8 x 13-5/8 x 13-7/8 in.
Provenance: The Carsten Fourshou Collection; Elinor Gordon Chinese Export Porcelain, Villanova, Pennsylvania, February 18, 2000 (accompanied by copy of receipt, label verso); Collection of Karen Shackleford Moore, Baltimore, Maryland
Literature: This bowl is pictured in Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume II by David Sanctuary Howard, p. 367.
Note: This bowl is accompanied by letters written by Mrs. Eleanor "Timmy" Munro of Foulis, wife of the late clan chieftain Captain Patrick Munro and mother of the current chieftain Hector Munro, concerning the history of the clan with regards to their connection to the Poyntz family.
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The Carsten Fourshou Collection; Elinor Gordon Chinese Export Porcelain, Villanova, Pennsylvania, February 18, 2000 (accompanied by copy of receipt, label verso); Collection of Karen Shackleford Moore, Baltimore, Maryland
good overall condition, minor gilt loss, some scattered enamel loss, some areas of retouch (see blacklight photos), anomalies as made
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