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A pair of five clawed dragon boxes and covers, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912).

Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 680 - 3 580 EUR
2 720 - 3 630 USD
Hammer price
34 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A pair of five clawed dragon boxes and covers, late Qing dynasty (1644-1912).

Decorated in iron red with five clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl. Diameter 19 cm. Wooden stand accompanies the piece.

Minor wear.

Provenance

From the Collection of Folke Isacson (1898–1975), founder of a Gothenburg printing house, played a major role in the Gothenburg art scene in the 1930s and thereafter, partly as a patron and partly as chair of the Gothenburg Art Society, deputy chair of the Gothenburg Museum Board and a member of the board of the art school Valands Konstskola, the Museum of Art’s Purchasing Committee and Friends of the Museum of Art. Together with his wife Sigrid (1900–1987) he created a fantastic collection of important Swedish and international artists as well as Asian Art.