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A Fahua seated figure of Zhenwu, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
537 - 716 EUR
549 - 733 USD
Hammer price
7 800 SEK
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A Fahua seated figure of Zhenwu, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
In turquoise and blue glaze. Height 21 cm.
Crazing to glaze.
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.