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Asian Art | October 30, 2024

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Offering items from two family collections acquired in China in the early 1900s. One from Dr. Stanley Burns, who worked in China to provide much-needed medical care to the local population. The other group from L. Nelson and Virginia Bell, who were missionaries in China from 1916 to 1941. Other Chinese and Japanese items from private collections include Qing Dynasty enamel porcelains, bronze and porcelain water droppers, a fine selection of snuff bottles, along with a group of jade figures, bronze Buddhas, furniture, and jewelry.
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Lot 646

Five Chinese Porcelain Plates

Estimate: $400 - $600
Starting Bid
$200

Bid Increments

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comprising: one blue and white underglazed plate with bats, Da Qing Guangxu six character reign mark on base, 1-1/2 in. x 7-3/8 x 7-3/8 in.; pair of blue and white underglazed plates, concentric bands of linear decoration around geometric design, exterior with kites, mark on base, 1-7/8 x 9-7/8 x 9-7/8 in.; pair of celadon glazed plates with enamel floral sprays with grasshopper, mark on base, 1-1/2 x 10-1/8 x 10-1/8 in. 

Provenance: Private Collection

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Private Collection

anomalies and pinholes, surface dirt and accretion, microabrasions, scratching; blue and white examples with glaze voids, discoloration to glaze on exterior, characters chipped into glaze, one with export stamp residue; celadon examples with enamel loss, glaze voids, some chipping, one with crack and associated repair (see blacklight photos) and characters chipped into glaze and enamel; bat example with glaze voids, crack and associated repair at shoulder