A Chinese Famille Rose Decorated 'Cong' Vase
Sale 2109 - Property from the Aline Elwes McDonnell Trust
Jun 21, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$158,750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Chinese Famille Rose Decorated 'Cong' Vase
Daoguang six-character seal mark
possibly Guangxu period, decorated on each side with a mounted figure with hawk and rifle, a man leading a laden camel, a man with rifle and hound, and a rider mounted on a camel smoking a pipe, underside with six-character seal mark in iron-red.
Height of vase 11 3/4 inches.
Height of vase 11 3/4 inches.
Provenance:
Hubert McDonnell Snr. 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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