CHINA / 5000 YEARS
CHINA / 5000 YEARS
Property from an Oklahoma Private Collection
No reserve
Lot Closed
September 27, 01:59 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A blue and white 'dragon' dish
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
清康熙 青花趕珠龍紋盤
the base with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle
《大明成化年製》仿款
Diameter 6⅜ in., 16.2 cm
Collection of Charles R. Nesbitt (1921-2007), acquired prior to 1990s, and thence by descent.
Charles Rudolph Nesbitt was an Oklahoma attorney, politician and a permanent member of the board of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City. He held several political positions in the Oklahoma state government, having served as the 9th Attorney General of Oklahoma (1963–1967), a member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (1969–1975), and as Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor David Walters (1991–1995).