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The English Interior - March 9, 2023

Thu, Mar 9, 2023 11:00AM EST
Lot 219

Group of Seven Books Relating to Chinese Export and Chinese Decorative Art

Estimate: $600 - $800
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Including:

New York and the China Trade by David Sanctuary Howard

Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: From Prehistory to the Present by S.J. Vainker

Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum by David Howard and John Ayers

Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century by Margaret Jourdain and R. Soame Jenyns

The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record by Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, Third Edition by Duncan Macintosh

Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain edited by David Battie

The largest 11 1/4 in. x 9 3/4 in. x 1 in.

The Collection of Michael and Penny Schmitt, The Inn on the Common in Craftsbury Common, VT

Condition

Majority of books in good overall condition with creases and small losses to the dust jackets. One with stains and losses to the dust jacket, foxing and yellowing to the pages, and wear consistent with age and use.

Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.

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