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A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.

A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.
Estimate
4 000 - 6 000 SEK
354 - 531 EUR
362 - 543 USD
Hammer price
175 000 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
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A group of four boxes with covers, China, early 20th Century.

Comprising a box with mirror, measurement 6,5x6,5 cm. A wooden box with jade placque 14x11 cm. Another wooden box with nephrite placque 13x8,5 cm. A silver box with painted bone decoration 6x7,5 cm.

Wear. The wood with small cracks due to dryness of material. The placques with small fritts.

Provenance

From the Collection of Erik Holmberg, thence by descent. Bankdirektör Erik Holmberg was born in 1888 (died 1972), married to Esther Holmberg (?-1955). Erik Holmberg made a career at Svenska Handelsbanken and worked there as a Bank Manager up until his pension. He grew up in Trysil, Norway which came to make an impact upon him and he continued to enjoy nature, skiing and hiking throughout his life. He and his beloved wife Ester lived in a villa at Lidingö, Stockholm where he also kept his wooden sailboat Albertina.

Erik early on became fascinated with Asian Art, and was a true academic collector who had a curiosity and strive to learn more about the subject all the time, this is clearly visible in his catalogue cards about his pieces, all his letters to museum directors, dealers and other collectors and members of the China club at the time.

Set a part from his attraction to the Asian art he also collected Swedish contemporary ceramics from Stig Lindberg, Wilhelm Kåge and Bertil Friberg.

He was an active member of the Östasiatiska Museets vänner and he donated several of his contemporary Chinese paintings to the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm.