A pair of Chinese tureens with covers, late Qing dynasty, circa 1900.
Rounded with metal handles and inner bowls that are removable to fill the tureens with hot water. Domed covers with finials in the form of buddhist lions. Decorated in grisaille and iron red with mountainious landscapes, pagodas and calligraphy. Height 15 cm.
One tureen with repairs.
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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 1.
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