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American & Southern | December 5, 2024

Thu, Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM EST
Lot 1035

Pair of Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Plates, Annesley

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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circa 1795, bearing the arms of Earl Annesley above the motto "Virtutis Amore" within cobalt and gilt grapevine borders, 9-3/4 in. diameter

Provenance: The Den of Antiquity, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1986; Christie's New York, Chinese Export Art, January 18, 2017, lot 405, sold for $3,000 (with labels); Private Collection

Note: David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 280 illustrates a tureen from the same service

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The Den of Antiquity, Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1986; Christie's New York, Chinese Export Art, January 18, 2017, lot 405, sold for $3,000 (with labels); Private Collection

spotting, rubbing to gilt and painted decoration, accretion, firing flaws, one with probable restoration to verso rim