The contents of Lotabeg House in Co Cork have been auctioned, with over 763 lots put up for sale, although a small number were withdrawn at the last minute.
Among the items withdrawn by the family selling the goods were an upright piano and a sandalwood post box belonging to Mrs Vincent Hart.
The sale, which was conducted by Mealy's Fine Art Auctioneers, took place at a local hotel after three days of open viewing at the Hart family home at Lotabeg.
The contents included an eclectic collection of Indian, Chinese and Irish antiques and collectibles, put up for auction by descendants of the original owner, Vincent Hart.
One item - a wooden ceremonial urn - with an estimated guide price of €250-350, was sold for €11,000 after two telephone bidders battled to purchase it.
A 17th Century portrait of James Butler, First Duke of Ormonde, sold for €120,000, while a painting of two of the country's most famous racehorses, Ard Patrick & Galtee More, achieved its minimum asking price of €20,000.
Cork silver, especially Cork Republic Silver was popular, with a small strawberry dish, hallmarked in Cork by William Egan in 1922, bought for €6,000.
The Element Earth - Meissen Porcelain ewer c 1880 - sold to a telephone bidder for 22,000 euros (est. 8000/12000). pic.twitter.com/c2bnn8vhNi
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A 19th Century Meissen porcelain ewer 'Earth' went for almost twice its asking price, at €22,000.
A companion piece 'Fire' went for €21,000, while a third ewer 'Water' went for €9,000, all to telephone bidders.
A photographic album belonging to Captain John C Hart depicting family shots at the Peking races 1912 and disturbing imagery of the brutality on the streets during the Chinese Revolution, went for €1,700 to an online buyer.
There were over 300 registered bidders online, by phone, and at the auction.
According to the auctioneers, the online buyers were mainly overseas, in India, China and Australia.
Three albums, containing very rare photographs of India dating from 1864, by photographers Bourne, Shepherd & Robertson of London, sold for €12,000.
