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A Chinese wall paper, gouache on paper, Qing dynasty (1644-1912).

Estimate
30 000 - 35 000 SEK
2 670 - 3 120 EUR
2 730 - 3 190 USD
Hammer price
32 000 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 Chinese wall paper, gouache on paper, Qing dynasty (1644-1912).

Five panels. Decorated with different birds, phoenixbird, ducks and a rooster in a landscape with blooming peonies, trees and chrysantemum. Total measurement 213x165 cm.

Wear. Creasings. Later mounting to paper.

Exhibitions

Compare the black and white photo attached in the online catalogue, a similar wall paper but with a blue ground in Sörmlands museum inventory number SLM 12612 – Chinese handpainted wall paper, 18th Century.

The wallpaper in the museums provenance is known, it belonged to Gustaf Trolle-Bonde at Säfstaholm, and came in to his possesion in the late 18th Century.