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Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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Jan 16, 2016 - Jan 18, 2016
Chinese, Guangxu mark and period, each with gilt rim and body decorated with colorful flowers, unglazed foot, six-character Guangxu mark of the period in underglaze iron red, 2-1/2 in. good condition. Notes: These cups may be those referred to in the 1929 Bluett & Sons catalog of the Charles Oswald Liddell collection. Catalog 150 records a "Pair of cups, the exterior enameled with "mille fleurs." Mark and period of Kuang-Hsu, 1875-1909." The cups were purchased at The Fine Arts Company of Philadelphia, September 29, 1978, lot 326-C, by Thelma Osborne (accompanied by copy of original receipt). Several other pieces purchased at the sale had Liddell provenance (see also lot 238).. Provenance: Estate of Thelma Osborne, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, by descent
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