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MANDARIN HATS, 3 PIECES IN A HAT BOX. China, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
735 - 919 EUR
752 - 940 USD
Hammer price
48 000 SEK
Purchasing info
MANDARIN HATS, 3 PIECES IN A HAT BOX. China, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

One red summer hat with a bronze ornament, one dressed with peacock feathers and one black silk hat. The painted lacquer box has inscriptions, the height is 38 cm.

Damages, wear.

Provenance

From the Collection of Ove Christian Lunn, Danish Diplomat and Consul General for Denmark in Shanghai 1928-1935. Ove Christian had an exciting diplomatic career and was posted 1910-18 in Oslo, 1918-24 in San Francisco, 1924-28 Melbourne and then finally Shanghai 1928-35. Unfortunately he died of pneumonia one week after returning to Copenhagen in 1935. His wife, Ruth moved in to a house in Vedbaek, where the objects have been ever since.