A large four clawed dragon box with cover, Qing dynasty with seal mark.
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Decorated with four clawed dragons amidst clouds chasing the flaming pearl against an orange background. Interior glazed in a deep turkoise colour. Diameter 26 cm. Wooden stand.
Wear, interior with wear and loss of glaze.
Provenance
Folke Isacson (1898–1975), founder of a Gothenburg printing house, played a major role in the Gothenburg art scene in the 1930s and thereafter, partly as a patron and partly as chair of the Gothenburg Art Society, deputy chair of the Gothenburg Museum Board and a member of the board of the art school Valands Konstskola, the Museum of Art’s Purchasing Committee and Friends of the Museum of Art. Together with his wife Sigrid (1900–1987) he created a fantastic collection of important Swedish and international artists as well as Asian Art.