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A group of chinese pipes and boxes, China, 20th Century.

A group of chinese pipes and boxes, China, 20th Century.

Comprising box with cover. Measurment 10x15x6 cm. Two pipes, one with a tobacco pouch in wood.

Wear, cracks, loss of decoration.

Provenance

The Erik Holmberg Collection.

From the Collection of Erik Holmberg, thence by descent. Bankdirektör Erik Holmberg was born in 1888 (died 1972), married to Esther Holmberg (?-1955). Erik Holmberg made a career at Svenska Handelsbanken and worked there as a Bank Manager up until his pension. He grew up in Trysil, Norway which came to make an impact upon him and he continued to enjoy nature, skiing and hiking throughout his life. He and his beloved wife Ester lived in a villa at Lidingö, Stockholm where he also kept his wooden sailboat Albertina.

Erik early on became fascinated with Asian Art, and was a true academic collector who had a curiosity and strive to learn more about the subject all the time, this is clearly visible in his catalogue cards about his pieces, all his letters to museum directors, dealers and other collectors and members of the China club at the time.

Set a part from his attraction to the Asian art he also collected Swedish contemporary ceramics from Stig Lindberg, Wilhelm Kåge and Bertil Friberg.

He was an active member of the Östasiatiska Museets vänner and he donated several of his contemporary Chinese paintings to the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm.

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705
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Estimate
1 500 SEK
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Bid history (6 bids)
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May 19, 2019 1:55 PM
705 SEK
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May 19, 2019 1:55 PM
655 SEK
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May 12, 2019 2:44 PM
550 SEK
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May 12, 2019 2:44 PM
500 SEK
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May 10, 2019 1:32 PM
350 SEK
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May 9, 2019 4:51 PM
300 SEK
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