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Hugo Elmqvist
(Sweden, 1862-1930)
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 330 - 1 770 EUR
1 370 - 1 820 USD
Hammer price
32 000 SEK
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Hugo Elmqvist
(Sweden, 1862-1930)
a grand Art Nouveau patinated bronze vase, Stockholm ca 1900.
Relief decoration of hazel pendants and butterflies, signed around the base HUGO ELMQVIST A.B E. Gj-metod (which was his own company where he had a patented way of bronze making). Height 47 cm.
Minor wear.
Provenance
Reportedly this vase was given as a gift from a Swedish actor to the Norwegian opera house (den Norska Folkoperan) around the turn of the century 1900. The Opera house later sold it at an auction.