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A set of five blue and white dishes, Tianqi/Chongzhen, 17th Century.

Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK
891 - 1 340 EUR
910 - 1 370 USD
Hammer price
16 000 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 set of five blue and white dishes, Tianqi/Chongzhen, 17th Century.

Decorated with fruit trees and an appropriate poem for a kaiseki dish. Diameter 20,5 cm.

Fritting to rim, firingspots. Two with rimcrack.

Provenance

Purschased at Bukowskis 2007, lot no 1821.

From the Collection of Claes Wirseen (1939-2020). Pharmacist Claes Wirseen grew up in a family with a passion for Art and Antiques, he and his wife continued the tradition and were frequent visitors to the Fine Art viewings of the Auction Houses in Stockholm. He became interested in Asian art in the 1980’s and started to build up his collcetion at that time, never tiring to learn more about the Asian Ceramics and Works of Art.

Literature

Compare with Christies lot no 260 and 261 at 'Peony Pavillion Collection' June 12th 1989.