Lot 505
  • 505

A Chinese Export Large Verte-Imari 'Provinces' Charger Circa 1720

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Porcelain
  • diameter 18 1/2  in.; 47 cm
the center with the arms of Vlaanderen surrounded by peonies and birds, the rim with six alternating vignettes of birds among branches and figures in landscape, reserved on an underglaze-blue diaper ground.

Provenance

The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards, Christie's New York, January 22, 2002, lot 39.

Condition

There is a hairline crack measuring 4 in. extending from the rim at 1 o'clock. The upper part of the crown is heavily rubbed, and minor speckling from firing to the glaze on the rim at 6 o'clock. The back with a custom fitted wall mount.
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