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A Chinese Famille Rose Brush Pot or Jar
Estimate: $700-$900
Sold
$2,750
Live Auction
Property from the Aline Elwes McDonnell Trust
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.
Condition
Long cracks and associated chips to one side and lip; scattered glaze pits and dark specks; wear and some flaking to enamels; scattered small flakes to footring; under UV light no repairs or additional restorations seen.
Provenance
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 toBarbara 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 descentPictured:An 1807 engraving of Copped Hall, S. Rawle from a drawing by S. Shepherd.Aline Elwes McDonnell and Family, circa 1954.