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A Large Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Center Bowl
Estimate: $600-$800
Sold
$800
Live Auction
Property from the Aline Elwes McDonnell Trust
Description

A Large Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Center Bowl

Late 19th/ Early 20th Century

the exterior decorated with a continuous band of "Antiques" and flower vases, interior with a similar central composition, interior of rim with scrolled border, underside with apocryphal six-character Yongzheng mark, with a Chinese carved wood stand.
Height 5 1/4 x diameter 15 inches.

Condition
Two cracks from rim into body at 4 and 6 o'clock, scattered potting and glaze flaws, pits and dark specks, scattered surface scratches. under UV light no additional repairs or restorations seen. Losses, cracks and wear to stand, loose central plywood panel.
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.