Lot 635

Pair of Chinese Export Grisaille and Gilt Porcelain Plates

Estimate: $400 - $600

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$3,000 $250
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

18th century, rims with four panels of floral sprays surrounded by gilt geometric pattern, centering scene featuring sea shells, beetle, butterflies, vegetation, and flowers, 1 x 9 x 9 in.

Provenance: J. Reis Fernandes, London, England (label); Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

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J. Reis Fernandes, London, England (label); Collection of John B. and Marie-Teresa Vander Sande, Newbury, Massachusetts

some anomalies, pinholes, and glaze voids, loss to enamel and gilt, surface dust and accretion, one plate with cracks and repair to center and repair to chip at rim (see black light)