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Four pieces of old Chinese silk fabrics.

Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
531 - 707 EUR
543 - 724 USD
Hammer price
32 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
Four pieces of old Chinese silk fabrics.

One piece of fabric with flowers against a blue base; measurments 315 cm. One piece of fabric with golden dragons against red base; measurements 72x780 cm. Two lenght of enbroidered silk against blue base; measurements 60x215 cm.

Stains, wear, partly faded.

Provenance

The collection of General Director Vilhelm Meyers. A prominent danish businessman who lived and worked in China during the years 1902-1935. He ran and owned the Andersen & Meyer Ltd, a company which at the time had about 25 000 employees.

Literature

Christopher Bo Bramsen: The Director General: Vilhelm Meyer - a Danish businessman's life in China. Copenhagen: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1993. 381 pp.