No connection to server
Theme auctions online
Helsinki Winter Sale F504
Auction:
Selected Gifts E1128
Auction:
Curated Timepieces – November F529
Auction:
Josef Frank and Friends – Winter Edition F534
Auction:
Jern's Weapon Collection E1122
Auction:
A Swedish Private Collection F578
Auction:
The Beautiful Line F593
Auction:
Design Jewellery Online E1100
Auction:
311
352644

EMBROIDERY on silk. 291 x 189 cm. China 18th to 19th century.

Estimate
10 000 - 12 000 SEK
884 - 1 060 EUR
905 - 1 090 USD
Hammer price
17 000 SEK
Purchasing info
EMBROIDERY on silk. 291 x 189 cm. China 18th to 19th century.

Ivory silk with polychrome silk embroideries of a medallion, palmette and flower festoons, heraldic birds and crowns. Three sides have a wide border with a palmette vine as well as birds. Lined.

Little wear, slightly dirty, stains, minor damages.

Provenance

The present owners grandfather, Colonel Wilhelm Olivecrona (born in 1870), worked as a civil engineer for Chiang Kai-shek. Olivecrona worked in China for several years as a chief Engineer at the Board of Conservancy Works of Kwantung i Guangdong (Kanton) among others.