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Thu, Sep 23, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 135

Group of Chinese Lidded Porcelain Rice Bowls

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

possibly late Qing, comprising: eight bowls and nine matching lids, each enamel decorated in reddish orange with green and gilt highlights, peony petal motif and running foo dogs, each 3-1/4 x 4-3/4 in. including lid

Provenance: Collection of General Sam S. Walker and Charlotte B. Walker, Pinehurst, North Carolina

Condition

surface dirt and accretion, scattered surface scratches, some losses to gilding (especially at rims); one bowl with large crack and repair through body; one bowl with small chip to rim

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