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Two armorial tea cups with saucers and a creamer, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing (1796-1820).

Estimate
12 000 - 15 000 SEK
1 070 - 1 340 EUR
1 130 - 1 420 USD
Hammer price
9 000 SEK
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
Two armorial tea cups with saucers and a creamer, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing (1796-1820).

Decorated in gold and enamels with the inscription 'Bäck Canton 1/1 1803. Height of ewer 12,5 cm. Diameter of cup 11 cm.

Cracks.

Provenance

The Thomax Collection.

The collection was formed by the Art Collector and Conneisseur Professor Leif Sourander, Åbo, Finland from the 1960’s to the 1990’s. The collection was exhibited at the Arabia Museum in Helsinki during the period 2/9 – 30/10 1994. The Exhibition Catalogue was written by Bo Gyllensvärd, Heikki Hyvönen, Marjut Kumela, Leif Sourander and Jouko Tiainen. The collection was then sold as a hole to the present owner, thence by descent.

The service commissioned by the Super Cargo Lars Christian Bäck, who sailed to Canton twice with the Swedish East India Companys ship Östergöthland. The first expedition 5/5 1799 -12/6-1801, the second expedition 5/4 1802-1/5-1804.

Exhibitions

Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland. 1994.