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A box with five silver coins, Republic, early 20th Century.

Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 740 - 2 180 EUR
1 830 - 2 280 USD
Hammer price
105 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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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
A box with five silver coins, Republic, early 20th Century.

Diameter 3,9 cm.

Provenance

The collection of General Director Vilhelm Meyers. A prominent danish businessman who lived and worked in China during the years 1902-1935. He ran and owned the Andersen & Meyer Ltd, a company which at the time had about 25 000 employees.

Literature

Christopher Bo Bramsen: The Director General: Vilhelm Meyer - a Danish businessman's life in China. Copenhagen: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1993. 381 pp.

More information

Yuan Shikai (1859-1916) was an important Chinese general and politician, famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor of China, his autocratic rule as the first official President of the Republic of China, and his short-lived attempt to restore monarchy in China, with himself as the Hongxian Emperor.