Whitley Collection, Featuring Chinese Export, Furniture, and Fine Art | October 29, 2024
Tue, Oct 29, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 85
Four Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Dishes, Hume, Bruce, Ross, and Oliviera & Hanbury
Estimate: $500 - $700
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 |
comprising: circa 1755, enamel and gilt bamboo bands centering coat of arms for Hume, Earl of Marchmont, 4-5/8 in. diameter; circa 1795, underglaze blue diapering and gilt bands centering coat of arms for Bruce, 6-1/4 in. diameter; circa 1790, diapering and gilt bands centering coat of arms for Ross of Balnogowan Castle, 5-5/8 in. diameter; circa 1780, Fitzhugh border centering Continental arms, possibly Oliviera, impaling Hanbury, 5-1/8 in. diameter.
Provenance: (Ross and Oliviera & Hanbury) Henry Moog Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia (labels); (Hume) Geoffrey Waters, London, England (label); Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina
Note: Similar examples pictured in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 715, and David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume II, pgs. 262, 581, and 523. Brunk Auctions would like to thank Angela Howard of Heirloom & Howard Ltd. for her assistance in identifying this lot.
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(Ross and Oliviera & Hanbury) Henry Moog Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia (labels); (Hume) Geoffrey Waters, London, England (label); Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina
anomalies and pinholes, some loss to enamel and gilt, wear to bases, surface dirt and accretion; Hume with three hairlines to rim, one 4 in. in length, and one with small associated repair; Bruce with cracks and repair to body (see blacklight photos); Ross with one hairline to rim and some small firing cracks to underside; Oliviera with one hairline to rim
