Lot 128

Two Chinese Export Oval Porcelain Platters, East India Company and DAR

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

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$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

comprising: circa 1800, enamel and gilt bands centering coat of arms for the Honorable East India Company, the motto reading "Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae", 11-5/8 x 8-7/8 in.; circa 1798, cobalt blue and gilt bands centering the monogram "DAR", 10-3/4 x 8-1/4 in.

Provenance: (East India Company) Christie's Amsterdam, The Diana Cargo, March 6-7, 1995 Lot 468 (label); Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

Note: Similar example of East India Company pictured in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 774. 

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(East India Company) Christie's Amsterdam, The Diana Cargo, March 6-7, 1995 Lot 468 (label); Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina

anomalies, pinholes, glaze voids, and some loss to enamel/gilt, surface dirt/accretion; DAR example with some chipping to edge