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Two bronze censers, Qing dynasty with Xuandes six character mark.

Estimate
4 000 - 6 000 SEK
377 - 566 EUR
431 - 647 USD
Hammer price
4 000 SEK
Bidding requires special pre approval.
Purchasing info
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
Two bronze censers, Qing dynasty with Xuandes six character mark.

Both are tripods with slightly uppturned handles. Diameter 8,5-10 cm.

Tarnished.

Provenance

From the Collection of Ove Christian Lunn, Danish Diplomat and Consul General for Denmark in Shanghai 1928-1935. Ove Christian had an exciting diplomatic career and was posted 1910-18 in Oslo, 1918-24 in San Francisco, 1924-28 Melbourne and then finally Shanghai 1928-35. Unfortunately he died of pneumonia one week after returning to Copenhagen in 1935. His wife, Ruth moved in to a house in Vedbaek, where the objects have been ever since