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A large oval serving dish, Qing dynastin, 19th Century.
Hammer price
10 000SEK
Estimate
10 000 - 15 000 SEK

With the characters jixiang ruyi, that translates to 'good fortune as one wishes'. Decorated with flowers, gilded rim. Length 57 cm.

Provenance: The collection of Director General Vilhelm Meyers. For more information, see below.

Minor wear.

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.

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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