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