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A small tripod censer, a temple bell and a tea pot with cover, Qing dynasty.

Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
540 - 719 EUR
563 - 751 USD
Hammer price
4 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A small tripod censer, a temple bell and a tea pot with cover, Qing dynasty.

Tripod with upturned handles, and Xuande mark to base. Length 8 cm. Height 4.4 cm.
A tea pot with cover, upturned handle, height 16 cm, length 16 cm.
A temple bell, decorated in relief and with a finial in the shape of a two-headed beast. Xuande mark. Höjd 20 cm.

Wear, tarnished. Hole to the bell. Censer with restored handles.

Provenance

From the Collection of Edit Pettersson (1890-1970).

Edit was born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, and studied to be a midwife at Löweströmska hospital in Väsby. She graduated in Stockholm 1913, and after working for 2 years as a private midwife/nurse with a family in Värmland, she travelled with the Sibirian railroad to China, and settled in Kiaockow in 1915 to work as midwife with the missionaries there. In 1920 she fell ill and was nursed at the German Hospital and then began her journey back, taking the S.S. Empress of Asia for the first leg of the travel, a stemer famous for crossing the Pacific in nine days, two hours, and fifteen minutes. She came to spend 5 years in China and kept in close contact throughout her life with the connections she made out there. She had a god son of the Emperor living with her and her husband in Hagalund, when he had fled China temporarily due to the political situation. The items have been treasured memories of the family since.

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