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A blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, with Guangxus six character mark and period (1875-1908).
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 330 - 1 770 EUR
1 370 - 1 820 USD
Hammer price
38 000 SEK
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A blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, with Guangxus six character mark and period (1875-1908).
Decorated with the three friends; bamboo, pine and prunus. Diameter 13,2 cm.
Provenance
From the Collection of Wilhelm Montelius (1852-1918), thence by descent. The Montelius family had a long family tradition of being lawyers, Wilhelm however became the Director of Swedish Telephone company Ericsson from 1901 -1916, and his brother Oscar Montelius (1843-1921) became archaeologist and member of the Swedish National Heritage Board. Wilhelms passion for collecting oriental ceramics and works of art was aided by Ericssons business in China at the time. Before World War One he managed to send out his staff to acquire several important pieces.