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A Chinese blue and white miniature vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Estimate
2 500 - 3 000 SEK
224 - 268 EUR
229 - 275 USD
Hammer price
5 500 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Linn Andersson Bennich
Stockholm
Linn Andersson Bennich
Assisting Specialist Works of Art
+46 (0)707 88 84 75
A Chinese blue and white miniature vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Decorated with foliage and lingzhi. In a wooden box with pink silk lining. Height c. 12 cm. The box's measurement 19x11x10 cm.

Neck shortened, chip to rim, crazing to glaze. The cover of the box missing.

Provenance

From the Collection of Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939). Gustaf Wallenberg was Swedish business man, diplomat and active politician. He was the son of André Oscar Wallenberg, founder of Stockholm Enskilda Bank (today SEB, and grandfather of Raol Wallenberg (1912-47?). After a career in the Swedish navy he turned to the business world and was very active in striving to better the transoceanic shipping industry. Something that came in handy when he in 1908 successfully negotiated with the Qing court in Beijing about a friendship, trade and navigation treaty. The collection was acquired between 1906 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoyé in Tokyo. From 1907 he was also accredited for Beijing. Thence by descent.

Literature

Bukowskis sold a part of this collection previously at Bukowskis Sale 554 in 2009 and Bukowskis Sale 556, 2010.

More information

The black and white images are of Temple Court, the Wallenberg Residence in Japan.