Bidspirit auction | Pair Chinese Export Imari Ecuelles

Pair Chinese Export Imari Ecuelles - Pair of Chinese export Imari porcelain ecuelles with covers, Kangxi ca. 1725. Each painted with ogival panels of iron-red and gilt flowers on a ground of profuse blue vines. Covers with knob finials and the sides with iron-red and gilt dragon-form handles. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part II, ” 22 January 2003, Lot 36; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Each) Height: 5 1/4 in x width: 6 3/4 in x diameter: 5 1/2 in. Condition: To one of the bowls, there is a vertical hairline crack that extends downward from the rim approximately 2 inches. To the same bowl, there is a textured accretion along the rim. To the other bowl, there are signs of restoration to one of the handles. There are fleabite to small sized chips, primarily along the bowls' footrims and the inner rims of the lids. Small, scattered, rounded firing flaws.