This pair of Qing vases sold for 60,000.
A pair of Chinese gu shaped polychrome vases estimated at just 800-1,200 sold for a hammer price of 60,000 at Sheppards in Durrow on July 1. They were bought by bidders in the room who had travelled from Beijing for the sale. The signed Qing period vases are by tradition from the collection of Sir William Hutchinson Poe, Baronet (1848-1934) whose address was Heywood House, Queen’s County (nowadays County Laois). A Chinese Qing period Famille Vert vase estimated at 1,000-1,500 sold for 42,000 in the room.
Vase (detail).
Vase (detail).
Vase (detail).
This Qing Famille Vert vase made 42,000.
