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A blue, white and red bowl, late Qing dynasty with Qianlong seal mark.
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 940 - 2 420 EUR
2 240 - 2 800 USD
Hammer price
16 000 SEK
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A blue, white and red bowl, late Qing dynasty with Qianlong seal mark.
Diameter 19 cm.
Provenance
The Wilhelm Montelius Collection, thence by decent.
The Montelius family had a long family tradition of being lawyers, Wilhelm (1852-1918), however became the Director of Swedish Telephone company Ericsson from 1901 -1916, and his brother Oscar Montelius (1843-1921) became archaeologist and member of the Swedish National Heritage Board. Wilhelms passion for collecting oriental ceramics and works of art was aided by Ericssons business in China at the time. Before World War One he managed to send out his staff to acquire several important pieces.