Bidspirit auction | Chinese Verte Imari Circular Soup

Chinese Verte Imari Circular Soup Tureen - Chinese export porcelain soup tureen and cover, Qianlong ca. 1740. Decorated in verte Imari with a landscape flanked by boar head handles. The domed cover decorated with a pierced crown knop. Provenance: Jules L. Pass Antiques, Ltd.; Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, ” 22 January 2002, Lot 75; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 10 1/2 in x width: 15 in x diameter: 11 1/2 in. Condition: There are no signs of restoration under UV light. No major chips, losses, or cracks. Light wear along the upper rim and underside of the lid where the two pieces meet. Some loss to the gilt decoration. Minute firing flaws throughout the interior of the tureen. Light wear to the footrim.