Two pottery figures of elegant ladies, Sui/Tang dynasty.
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Standing sculpture unglazed. Height with later base 24 cm.
Standing sculpture of a lady of the court glazed in green and yellow. Height 25 cm.
The glazed sculpture with restoration.
Provenance
Anders Hellström (1877-1940), living in Mölndal in Sweden, working as the director of Papyrus. Hellström had started to collect bronzes early. Was an active member of the China Club in Sweden. He obtained a substantial number of bronzes from Orvar Karlbeck but he also frequently purchased bronzes from the great European dealers. He thus built up the most important private collection of ancient Chinese bronzes in Sweden with a great number of unique pieces. After his death most of his large collection (some 1300 items) was bought by the Östasiatiska museum in Stockholm. The most important bronzes were published by Karlgren in "Bronzes in the Hellström Collection" (Karlgren 1948), but a large part of his collection has remained unpublished. This sculptures has remained in the family up until now.