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Three pieces of Chinese porcelain with famille rose decoration. Comprising a dish with pheasants, a small saucer with a phoenix, and a lid with inscription. Max diameter 19.6cm Condition Report: The larger plate has a small chip on the rim and some of the decoration is rubbed on the outer boarder. The middle sized dish is cracked in several places around the rim. with a small chip on the outer rim. The small dish has a chip and a crack on the rim.
A part collection of Famille Verte Pallet porcelain Chinese export wares, comprising a bowl, milk jug, large bowl, 21cm diameter, two tea bowl, two saucers and two coffee cups, together with two large tankards, both approx. 13.5cm high and seven modern blue and white spoons, all 14cm in length AF (qty)Both tankards with small chips to the rims, both with firing marks and wear. The jug with a completely restored handle. Both tea cups with hairlines and wear to the decoration. Both bowls appear ok with a little bit of wear. Both saucers with repaired cracks, one stapled. The large low sides bowl, with some firing marks. The other bowl appears ok. The oriform small dish with wear to the decoration. One of the spoons with a chip.
A Chinese porcelain vase, crazed white ground, with peacock and floral painted decoration, unmarked, 32cm highAs catalogued, heavily crazed, internally and externally, the crazing discoloured. The painted decoration appears to be ok, some minor scratches and marks. The underside with some wear.
A Chinese turquoise ground enamelled porcelain teapot and cover, Jiaqing seal mark but Republic period, finely painted with lotus flowers scrolling tendrils and other flowers on a turquoise ground, 18cm spout to handle***CONDITION REPORT***Some occasional wear to the gilding on the edges, some fine crazing to the enamel colours throughout, otherwise in good condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A pair of Chinese enamelled porcelain vases and covers, early 20th century, each painted with circular reserves of flowers, birds, wind chimes, dragon boat scenes, each applied with a pair of lion mask ring handles, the domed covers surmounted by lion-dog finials, 45cm high***CONDITION REPORT***Typical minor glaze imperfections, in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese hongmu and porcelain plaque inset low stand, c.1900, the circular porcelain plaque painted with a four claw dragon, within a border of flower medallions on a green net ground with iron red floral border, the stand carved with bats and scrolling clouds, on four downswept legs joined by an x-shaped stretcher, approximately 36cm wide, 45cm high, loose joints***CONDITION REPORT***The joints of the legs are a little loose in places with some evidence of some old filler at the time of manufacture. The porcelain plaque which is inset into the top has some wear to the enamel particularly around the border. Otherwise in reasonable condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Two large Chinese flambé glazed bottle vases, 18th century, each covered in a purple streaked crimson red crackle-glaze, with mushroom coloured glaze to the rim and interior of the neck, black ink inscription to the unglazed base, 35.8cm and 34cm high, occasional tiny glaze flakescf. a similarly shaped flambé vase in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession no. C.405-1910, dated to the Qianlong period.***CONDITION REPORT***Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent.This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier.The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale.The slightly larger of the two vases has some tiny splinter glaze losses around the shoulder and the edge of the foot. The slightly smaller vase has a few small splinter loss to the glaze, and a few small splinter losses on the inside of the unglazed foot, otherwise both in good condition with no restoration or cracks detected.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A large Chinese iron red enamelled ‘lotus pond’ dish, Wanli mark and possibly of the period, the centre and reverse border painted with ducks in a lotus pond, 30.5cm diameter***CONDITION REPORT***The porcelain appears to be Wanli period but the enamelling might be later. There is a small splinter chip to the rim with associated hairline crack at the 1 o’clock position, and a firing crack at the 4 o’clock position on the rim, otherwise in reasonable condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Twelve Chinese blue and white ‘Pagoda Riverscape’ tea bowls and saucers, Nanking Cargo, c.1750, the teabowls 7.5cm, the saucers 12cm diameterProvenance- bought directly by the vendor from Christie’s, Amsterdam sale of the Nanking cargo, Chinese export porcelain and gold, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam 28th April – 2 May 1986, ex lot 5041.***CONDITION REPORT***One teabowl hairline crack downward from rim; two with a tiny chip to neckrim; some more glossy than others due to previous immersion. Three saucers with small chips to rim; one with a series of small chips around whole of rim; others good and glossy. All items with Nanking Cargo labels attached.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Twelve Chinese blue and white ‘Peony and Pomegranate’ plates, Nanking Cargo, c.1750, 23cm diameterProvenance- bought directly by the vendor from Christie’s, Amsterdam sale of the Nanking cargo, Chinese export porcelain and gold, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam 28th April – 2 May 1986, ex lot 3612***CONDITION REPORT***One plate with shallow chip at rim, approx. 20x5mm, clearly visible; one plate interestingly showing a manufacturing blemish at footrim. All with Nanking Cargo attached labels.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Twelve Chinese blue and white ‘Flying Geese’ bowls and saucer dishes, Nanking Cargo, c.1750, the bowls 11.5cm diameter and the saucer dishes 17.5cm diameterProvenance- bought directly by the vendor from Christie’s, Amsterdam sale of the Nanking cargo, Chinese export porcelain and gold, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam 28th April – 2 May 1986, ex. Lot 2641***CONDITION REPORT***One bowl with minor frit to bowl rim, not easily seen; two bowls each with one shallow chip to inside edge of bowl rim, approx. 5x3mm; others good. Five saucers with a very minor frit to glaze at rims. Others good.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Twelve Chinese blue and white ‘Boatman and Six flower border’ plates, Nanking Cargo, c.1750, 23cm diameterProvenance- bought directly by the vendor from Christie’s, Amsterdam sale of the Nanking cargo, Chinese export porcelain and gold, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam 28th April – 2 May 1986, ex lot 1680***CONDITION REPORT***One plate badly cracked across centre and beyond; one plate with small chip to rim and hairline crack inward from this chip, approx. 8mm; others good.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Three Chinese blue and white ‘Leaping Boy’ middle size dishes, Nanking Cargo, c.1750, 25.5cm diameterProvenance- bought directly by the vendor from Christie’s, Amsterdam sale of the Nanking cargo, Chinese export porcelain and gold, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam 28th April – 2 May 1986, half of lot 4626.***CONDITION REPORT***Two with a minor frit to glaze at rim; otherwise very good.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese blue and white bullet-shaped teapot and cover, Nanking Cargo, c.1750, painted with willow and peony issuing from a terrace come on the rocky riverbank and with a scholars retreat beside a pine on a distant bank below a border of trellis pattern, 22.5cm acrossProvenance- bought directly by the vendor from Christie’s, Amsterdam sale of the Nanking cargo, Chinese export porcelain and gold, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam 28th April – 2 May 1986, ex lot 2058***CONDITION REPORT***Typical minor glaze imperfections, some sea bed encrustation to the cover otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Ten Chinese blue and white ‘Boatman and Six flower border’ plates, Nanking Cargo, c.1750, 23cm diameterProvenance- bought directly by the vendor from Christie’s, Amsterdam sale of the Nanking cargo, Chinese export porcelain and gold, Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam 28th April – 2 May 1986, the majority of lot 1674***CONDITION REPORT***One plate with a small chip to rim, approx. 1mm, with hairline crack inward from this chip; others good. All with attached Nanking Cargo labels.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese blue and white ‘Daoist immortals’ yen-yen vase, Kangxi period, the trumpet shaped neck painted with the Sanxing (three star gods); Fu, Lu and Shou and attendants, the baluster shaped body with four versions of Liu Hai dancing by the three legged toad, 46cm high, glaze losses to rim and edge of footcf. a similar Kangxi blue and white yen-yen vase from the Franks collection in the British Museum painted with Daoist immortals, accession No. Franks.277.+.***CONDITION REPORT***Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent.This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier.The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale.The rim has several small areas of abrasion and glaze loss, the base has fritting and glaze losses around the edge. There are tiny black speckles to the glaze visible with the naked eye in a few areas, otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese Ming wucai porcelain Kaiseki dish, Chongzhen period c.1635, made for the Japanese market, painted with a monkey, a deer, rockwork, a peach tree, a bird and butterfly in flight, within polychrome chequered borders, apocryphal underglaze blue Chenghua six character mark, 20.5cm diameterLiterature- a similar dish is published in 'Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners' An exhibition presented by the Oriental Ceramics Society of Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 1981 page 139, plate 162 in the catalogue.***CONDITION REPORT***The dish is slightly warped in firing, typical glaze imperfections, otherwise in good condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese enamelled porcelain Mandarin pattern water bottle (guglet) and basin, Qianlong period, painted with court figures in a garden, within cellular borders reserved with birds amid branches and rock work and with floral sprays, the exterior of the basin is plain, quatrefoil and chain-link borders, basin 26cm diameter, bottle 23.5cm high***CONDITION REPORT***Some grubbiness to the exterior which will wipe off, occasional minor wear and scratching to the glaze and gilding notably on the neck of the water bottle, otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks detected.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese enamelled porcelain Mandarin pattern bowl, Qianlong period, the exterior painted with court figures in landscapes, within cellular borders reserved with flower sprigs, the interior with peony sprig and fleur-de-lys border, 29cm diameter***CONDITION REPORT***Occasional wear and scratching to the glaze and enamels, and to small areas of the gilding on the exterior and interior. There is a small area of grazing to the glaze on the interior otherwise in good condition – the bowl has a good ring to it. No restoration or damage detected.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese enamelled porcelain millefleur dish, late 19th/early 20th century, painted with the thousand flower design on a gilt ground, apocryphal four character Qianlong mark to base, floral sprigs around the border of the underside, 24.2cm diameter, hairline cracks***CONDITION REPORT***There are two short hairline cracks to the rim, minor glaze imperfections and a curved firing crack to the inner edge of the foot, some wear to the gilding in places, otherwise in good condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese enamelled porcelain ‘eighteen luohan’ vase, late 19th century, painted in an unusual colour palette with the figures of the eighteen luohan in a landscape, the neck applied with a pair of lion dog handles, the shoulder with chilong, 43.5cm high, crack to one side of vase***CONDITION REPORT***As catalogued, long curved, dark crack to one side of vase, almost reaching footrim, as shown; repaired section to the neck of orange applied lizard with blue over-painting; the two green lizards with similarly repaired sections.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A large Chinese ‘nine peach’ enamelled porcelain dish, Qianlong seal mark but 19th century, painted to the front with six peaches on blossoming branches, with two bats in flight to the centre, the reverse with three peaches on blossoming branches and two further bats to the border, apocryphal Qianlong iron red seal mark to base, wood stand, 40.2cm diameter, restored***CONDITION REPORT***broken in half and restoredProvenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent.This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier.The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale.This dish is Item 387 on 1948 inventory.The dish has been broken in half and restored with some re-spraying across the centre which has discoloured on the underside in the centre, otherwise in reasonable condition.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A Chinese famille rose porcelain tea service,20th century, comprising: a teapot, jug, sugar pot, two cups and saucers, and a tray,tray 25cm wide (10)Condition ReportAll with enamel losses and wear.Teacups - one chipped and cracked in various locations, the other with a hairline crack. Saucers - one with a chip to rim.Teapot - chip to rim of cover.
A Chinese porcelain meat dish,late 18th to early 19th century, of shaped rectangular form, enamelled with a figure atop a buffalo amongst a landscape,34 x 42cmCondition ReportSmall chips and nibbles to the edge, some of which are possibly due to the plate hanger which has not been removed for inspection underneath. Losses, wear and rubbing to the decoration. Kiln pick up/dust to the bottom section.
Two Chinese Oriental mid 20th Century handheld vanity mirrors, each with jade handle, white metal edge and one with enamelled back, the other blue and white porcelain. The porcelain backed mirror depicting a blue and white chrysanthemum flower, the enamel featuring a Geisha lady. Larger to measure approx. 20cm.
A Chinese porcelain imitation bronze vase, on a brown ground with gilt decoration, 19.5cm high***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
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