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A barrel shaped Canton garden seat, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 780 - 2 230 EUR
1 790 - 2 240 USD
Hammer price
26 000 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 barrel shaped Canton garden seat, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Octagonal barrel shape with pierced sides and top. Decorated in famille rose colours with a figure scene set in a garden, alternating with birds, cashe pattern and tassels. Height 49 cm.

Wear.

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.