diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/inspect.py b/pyiceberg/table/inspect.py
index 5cae743313..4191026cde 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/inspect.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/inspect.py
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def _partition_summaries_to_rows(
                             partition_field_type, from_bytes(partition_field_type, field_summary.lower_bound)
                         )
                     )
-                    if field_summary.lower_bound
+                    if field_summary.lower_bound is not None
                     else None
                 )
                 upper_bound = (
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def _partition_summaries_to_rows(
                             partition_field_type, from_bytes(partition_field_type, field_summary.upper_bound)
                         )
                     )
-                    if field_summary.upper_bound
+                    if field_summary.upper_bound is not None
                     else None
                 )
                 rows.append(
diff --git a/tests/table/test_inspect.py b/tests/table/test_inspect.py
index c325af2033..e612447f24 100644
--- a/tests/table/test_inspect.py
+++ b/tests/table/test_inspect.py
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 import pytest
 
 from pyiceberg.conversions import to_bytes
+from pyiceberg.partitioning import PartitionField, PartitionSpec
 from pyiceberg.schema import Schema
 from pyiceberg.table.inspect import _readable_bound
+from pyiceberg.transforms import IdentityTransform
 from pyiceberg.types import NestedField, StringType
 from tests.catalog.test_base import InMemoryCatalog
 
@@ -68,3 +70,14 @@ def test_inspect_entries_and_files_render_null_bound(catalog: InMemoryCatalog) -
     files_metrics = tbl.inspect.files().to_pydict()["readable_metrics"][0]["s"]
     assert files_metrics["lower_bound"] is None
     assert files_metrics["upper_bound"] is None
+
+
+def test_inspect_manifests_preserves_empty_string_bounds(catalog: InMemoryCatalog) -> None:
+    schema = Schema(NestedField(1, "s", StringType(), required=False))
+    spec = PartitionSpec(PartitionField(1, 1000, IdentityTransform(), "s"))
+    tbl = catalog.create_table("default.empty_string_partition", schema, partition_spec=spec)
+    tbl.append(pa.table({"s": [""]}, schema=pa.schema([pa.field("s", pa.large_string(), nullable=True)])))
+
+    partition_summary = tbl.inspect.manifests().to_pydict()["partition_summaries"][0][0]
+    assert partition_summary["lower_bound"] == ""
+    assert partition_summary["upper_bound"] == ""