Cross-Currents in America: The Wolf Family Collection

Cross-Currents in America: The Wolf Family Collection

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A Pair of Chinese Export 'Leake Okeover' Armorial Plates, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1743

清乾隆 約1743年 粉彩紋章圖盤一對

Auction Closed

April 21, 06:04 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Pair of Chinese Export 'Leake Okeover' Armorial Plates 

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1743

清乾隆 約1743年 粉彩紋章圖盤一對


each lavishly painted in the center with the arms of Okeover quartering Byrmingham (probably) and Leake and impaling Nichol, the rim inscribed with the LMO monogram


9⅛ in. (23 cm.) diameter

The Collection of Colonel Sir Ian Walker-Okeover, Bt., D.S.O.
Christie's London, March 3, 1975
Michele Beiny, Inc., New York
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Saul P. Steinberg
Sotheby's New York, May 26, 2000, lot 84
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1182 (acquired from the above on May 26, 2000)