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A parcel-gilt bronze figure of a guardian, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Estimate
20 000 - 30 000 SEK
1 790 - 2 680 EUR
1 820 - 2 720 USD
Hammer price
34 000 SEK
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A parcel-gilt bronze figure of a guardian, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
The guardian deity cast standing with feet astride, clad in a suit of armour and with boots, with a raised right hand, the left hand holding a rope. By his left feet a mythical creature. Height 29.5 cm.
Wear. Damage to stola band.
Provenance
From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943-2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915-1976).
Dan Axel Broström was the third-generation ship-owner in the prestigious Broström Company group. When he took over the firm in 1949 they had 18 000 employees.
The Canadian model and geologist Heidi was Dan-Axel Broströms third wife, the couple lived at the fashionable Särö, a few miles south of Gothenburg.