Chinese, Guangxu period (1875-1908), nine shaped bowls with turquoise-glazed interior, exteriors with celadon and turquoise lotuses, vines, bats with chimes on blue grounds, eight bowls with two bats on white back panels, bases with iron-red stamped Guangxu seal mark, 6-1/2 in. to 8-1/4 in. diameter, (17 pieces); in lacquered box with fitted interior, 5-3/4 x 17-1/2 in., four bowls in good condition, one with rim chip, others cracked and broken in multiple pieces, fitted box with extensive breaks and separations to interior, chips and losses to cover at sides and corner. Notes: Rollover from May 2011; shipped without packing inside, so we own it.. Provenance: With tag identifying the set as from the Pepperell Mansion (Sir William Pepperell of Kittery Point, Maine) and said to have been purchased at an estate sale of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; Jorgenson Antiques, Wells, Maine; Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina
Condition
four bowls in good condition, one with rim chip, others cracked and broken in multiple pieces, fitted box with extensive breaks and separations to interior, chips and losses to cover at sides and corner