A set of two elegant longquan 'lotus' celadon boxes, Song dynasty (960-1279).
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Elegantly shaped each box of shallow circular form, domed covers, one with a molded lotus pattern beneath a translucent olive-green glaze. Diameter 7 cm. The other with carved lotus pattern beneath a translucent olive-green glaze. Diameter 8.5 cm.
Cracks, chips.
Provenance
From the Collection of Dr Emil Hultmark (1872-1943), Stockholm, thence by descent within the family until now.
Dr Emil Hultmark was an art historian, collector, donor and patron of the arts. He combined important work as an art historian not only with the creation of one of the largest and most remarkable private art collections in Sweden, but also with the construction of an archive of Swedish artists and art craftsmen unparalleled in its extent, together with a library containing almost all that has been written about Swedish art.
Emil Hultmark was one of the co-founders of the ‘Kinaklubben’ (China Club) in Stockholm in the 1920's with Carl Kempe (1884-1967) and the Crown Prince Gustav Adolf. He is a well known collector and his beautiful home and summer house is well documented in the magazine 'Svenska Hem i ord och bild' in the 1930's, which provide us with a fascinating window into this golden age of European collecting.
Exhibitions
The larger one Exhibited at the National Museum. Kinesiska utställningen, Stockholm, 1928.