Canterbury Auction Galleries
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A Small Collection of Chinese Porcelain, 19th/20th Century, including - a pair of blue and white plates, later clobbered in coloured enamels and gilt, double concentric circle mark to underside, 8.5ins (21.6cm) diameter, and a two-handled blue and white bowl and cover decorated with an extensive landscape, 4.75ins (12.1cm) high Pair of blue and white clobbered plates - one plate - some enamel loss to the branches on either side of centre. Some rubbing to enamels again mainly in the centre. A few scattered pitted marks. Flake chip to underside of rim. Several flake chips to foot rim. Other plate - scattered rubbing to enamels, both in centre and on rim. A few minor pitted marks. A few minor flake chips to rim from which there is a hairline crack running from one which measures approximately 13mm long. Some flake chips to foot rim.Two handled blue and white bowl and cover - gilding to finial, rims and handles very rubbed. Small hairline crack to back of floral bud finial. Minor flake chips to glaze on foot rim. The other items include:Cantonese cylindrical teapot and cover, 14cm high - scattered pitting to glaze particularly on lid. Some rubbing to gilding particularly on the rims. Vertical firing fault to lower part of spout on one side measuring approximately 20mm. Some light scattered rubbing to enamels. Tea bowl and saucer decorated in blue, white, red and gilt - flake chip to rim from which a hairline crack is running down the whole side of the body. Extensive rubbing to the gilding within the decoration of the tea bowl and saucer. Plate decorated in red, blue, green with stylised flowers and scrolls in shaped panels, 23.5cm diameter - rubbing to gilding particularly on rim. Surface scratches to enamels particularly the red ground. Pitting to glaze on underside. Blue and white plate decorated with flowers, 22.5cm diameter - two flake chips and three hairline cracks to rim. Hairline crack to one side of centre. Further glaze to chips to rim. Two 18th century porcelain enamel plates - one extensively damaged and with rivet repair. The other with several flake chips and hairline cracks. Three blue and white cups and saucers, the cups - all the gilded rims are quite rubbed. Small flake chip to rim of one. Saucers - two are extensively damaged and crudely re-glued with some extensive losses. The third has some flake chips and several hairline cracks to rim. A late blue and white bulbous teapot and cover - chip to spout and generally dirty.
