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Whitley Collection, Featuring Chinese Export, Furniture, and Fine Art | October 29, 2024

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An impressive lifetime collection with over 400 pieces of Chinese Export porcelain including 50 armorials, a rare figure of a Jewish Lady with Christie’s provenance, 100+ blue & white pieces including Kangxi, Qianlong, Kraak, & Ming transitional pieces, purchased from reputable dealers in the UK & US; period furniture from North Carolina, Virginia, Philadelphia, & New England; over 40 tea caddies; Fine Art including 18th & 19th century British portraits; silver flatware; Tiffany kettle on stand; Oriental rugs Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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Four Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Tea Bowls
Lot 20

Four Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Tea Bowls

Estimate: $400 - $600
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comprising: circa 1755, spearhead banding and floral sprays, centered coats of arms of Skinner, 2-1/4 x 4-3/8 in.; circa 1740, banding and decoration of birds and flowers, centered coat of arms of Sharpe impaling Wyman, 2-3/8 x 4-3/4 in.; circa 1750, spearhead banding and floral sprays, centered coats of arms of Wood impaling unidentified arms, 2-1/2 x 4-5/8 in.; circa 1760, Dutch marriage bowl with banding and floral sprays, centered crests with monogrammed and clasped hands, 2-3/4 x 5-1/2 in.

Provenance: According to consignor notes each bowl was purchased at Sloan's Auction, Bethesda, Maryland, July 7-8, 1990; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

Note: Examples from these services are pictured in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, pgs. 608, 285, and 462. 

Brunk Auctions would like to thank Angela Howard of Heirloom & Howard Ltd for her assistance in identifying this lot.

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According to consignor notes each bowl was purchased at Sloan's Auction, Bethesda, Maryland, July 7-8, 1990; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

anomalies, pinholes, and some loss to gilt/enamel, micro abrasions, surface dust/accretion, some with small chips to rim; Sharpe with repair and retouch to rim (see blacklight)

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