TRUMAN CAPOTE'S ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR BLUE AND WHITE FISH PLATES
Assembled set of four shallow blue and white dishes, each painted in underglaze blue with a single carp among stylized waves, its body worked in fine cross-hatching, within a border of repeating scrolls. One dish is older than the other three, which were made in its manner, and differs in the gray cast of its glaze, the freer drawing and the kiln grit along its foot. None of the four is marked.
Note: small chips and glaze flakes and large crack to one dish. See photos.
Approx. Dimensions: each 9 "dia x 2 "D
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: fish plates, carp, blue and white, asian ceramics, chinese blue and white, underglaze blue, shallow dishes, assembled set, antique plate, truman capote, sagaponack, celebrity estate
Assembled set of four shallow blue and white dishes, each painted in underglaze blue with a single carp among stylized waves, its body worked in fine cross-hatching, within a border of repeating scrolls. One dish is older than the other three, which were made in its manner, and differs in the gray cast of its glaze, the freer drawing and the kiln grit along its foot. None of the four is marked.
Note: small chips and glaze flakes and large crack to one dish. See photos.
Approx. Dimensions: each 9 "dia x 2 "D
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: fish plates, carp, blue and white, asian ceramics, chinese blue and white, underglaze blue, shallow dishes, assembled set, antique plate, truman capote, sagaponack, celebrity estate
