A group of five Chinese archaistic stone ornaments, Songdynasty and later.
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Comprising; A flat pendant in the shape of a tigers head. Measure 3.4x2,5 cm. (Label E35. A round pierced stone object decorated in relief. Length 5 cm. (Traugott 2388). A pendant sculptured as an axe. Length 6 cm. (2396). A pendant with a taothiemask to the side. Measure 4.5x4.5 cm. (Traugott label 2381. A pendant with a stylized qilin dragon. Measure 3.7x2.5 cm. (Traugott 2390).
Wear. Natural inclusions and feathering to the stone.
Provenance
From the Collection of Ivan Traugott. (1871-1952). Thence by descent within the family. Traugott was a Swedish businessman and important art collector. An early member of the China club, investor in the Karlbeck consortium and good friend and sponsor of Johan Gunnar Andersson in the early 20th century. A large part of his collections can be seen today at Nationalmuseum and East Asian Museum in Stockholm.
2381, listed in his invenotry as Sung, purchased from Karlbeck in 1930.