Whitley Collection, Featuring Chinese Export, Furniture, and Fine Art | October 29, 2024
Tue, Oct 29, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 335
Two Chinese Export Rose Mandarin Porcelain Covered Soup Bowls
Estimate: $400 - $600
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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| $100,000 | $10,000 |
first half 19th century, comprising: double twist handled soup bowl with enamel and gilt decoration of figural courtyard scenes, the lid in matching design with strawberry finial and border decorated with auspicious objects and butterflies, 4-5/8 x 7 in.; double handled soup bowl with enamel and gilt decoration of garden scenes and bands of flowers and butterflies, the interior with cartouches containing partially legible monogram "IMH (?)", ring finial, 5-3/8 x 6-1/2 in.
Provenance: According to consignor notes the larger soup bowl was purchased at the Atlanta Antiques Show in 1988 from Bercaw's Antiques, the monogrammed soup bowl was purchased from Jane Ferguson Antiques, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina
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According to consignor notes the larger soup bowl was purchased at the Atlanta Antiques Show in 1988 from Bercaw's Antiques, the monogrammed soup bowl was purchased from Jane Ferguson Antiques, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Collection of JoAnn and Whit Whitley, North Carolina
anomalies, pinholes, and some loss to gilt/enamel, surface dirt/accretion; strawberry example with scattered areas of repair and retouch (see blacklight)
