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Two carved stone seals, Qing dynasty (1644-1912).
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
537 - 716 EUR
549 - 733 USD
Hammer price
7 500 SEK
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Two carved stone seals, Qing dynasty (1644-1912).
Carved decoration of rams in a rocky landscape and fishes in a pond. Both with inscription. Height 10-9,5 cm.
Cracks, chips.
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