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A Canton figure of an elephant, late Qing dynasty, circa 1900.

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
700 - 875 EUR
737 - 922 USD
Hammer price
6 000 SEK
Purchasing info
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Canton figure of an elephant, late Qing dynasty, circa 1900.

Standing elephant with a candle holder on its back. Height 14,8 cm. Lenght 15 cm.

Wear.

Provenance

From the collection of the Danish ophthalmologist Henry Fabricius Jensen (1896-1984). Henry was sent as a representative for FN to assist with creating good hosptials in China. He came to live there 1946-48. On the side of his work as a doctor, he was also a painter and sculptor. Thence by descent.

More information

See similar at The Metropolitan Museum, NYC, accession nr 1971.180.119