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A Fahua seated figure of Zhenwu, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
530 - 706 EUR
552 - 737 USD
Hammer price
7 800 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Fahua seated figure of Zhenwu, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

In turquoise and blue glaze. Height 21 cm.

Crazing to glaze.

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.