A Chinese Famille Rose Brush Pot or Jar
Sale 2109 - Property from the Aline Elwes McDonnell Trust
Jun 21, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$700 -
900
Price Realized
$3,493
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Chinese Famille Rose Brush Pot or Jar
Qing Dynasty, Possibly 18th Century
of cylindrical form with ridged neck and foot, decorated with the three star gods Sanxing and an infant boy, the verso with the Hehe Erxian.
Provenance:
Aline Thorold (1869-1951) m. Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949) at Copped Hall, Essex, until 1917 and The Wood House, Essex, thereafter and by descent to
Barbara Dorothy Wythes (1896-1984) m. (Francis) Guy Robert Elwes (1895-1966) at The Wood House, Essex until 1961 and Ham Spray House, Marlborough, thereafter and by descent to
Aline Mary Margaret (Elwes) McDonnell (1923-2023) m. Hubert McDonnell Jr. (1919-2004), Greenwich, Connecticut, and thence by descent
Pictured:
An 1807 engraving of Copped Hall, S. Rawle from a drawing by S. Shepherd.
Aline Elwes McDonnell and Family, circa 1954.
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