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Two Chinese fans, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Estimate
5 000 - 7 000 SEK
442 - 618 EUR
455 - 638 USD
Hammer price
24 000 SEK
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Two Chinese fans, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Ink and watercolour on silk, one painted on both sides. Reverse with a flower basket. The front sides with finely painted figure scens from court life. Height 40-42 cm.
Damages.
Provenance
From the Collection of Ove Christian Lunn, Danish Diplomat and Consul General for Denmark in Shanghai 1928-1935. Lunn 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.