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Two boxes with a mandarin's summer hat and black satin autumn hat and feather. Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 340 - 1 780 EUR
1 360 - 1 820 USD
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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
Two boxes with a mandarin's summer hat and black satin autumn hat and feather. Qing dynasty, 19th century.

A blue fabric clad conical box holding a summer hat with a conical bamboo frame, covered in silk gauze, decorated with a tassel of twisted red sik, with a blue trim, surmounted by a gilt metal button, signifying an official of 7-8 rank level. The black satin autumn hat with stif brim, fine twisted red silk tassel and a clear glass button signifying an official of the fifth rank. The label on the inside of the autumn hat tells us the family and personal name of the owner. A blue fabric clad box containing a mandarins feather plume. Height of box 25 cm. Diameter of box 35 cm. Lenght of plum 35 cm. Measure of box 41x3.6x5 cm.

Wear, damages.

Provenance

Property of a private Finnish Collection.

The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 2, a part of the textile collection.

Exhibitions

Compare with a set sold at Christies, Lot 114, the Imperial Wardrobe, 19 Mars 2008.

Compare also with a hat in the collection of the British Museum, donated by: James Edge-Partington. Acquisition date
1909. Registration number
1909,0609.1.a-c