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A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.

A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.
Estimate
2 500 - 3 000 SEK
221 - 265 EUR
230 - 276 USD
Hammer price
10 000 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
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A Chinese peach shaped lacquered box, early 20th Century.

Deep relief, carved with a figure scene to the center in a river scape. Around the sides, bats and flowers. Length 14 cm.

Wear.

Provenance

From the Collection of a Swedish gentleman who was employed at the Gadelius Company and stationed in Japan in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection was built during these years, some items were purchased in Japan, but also on their business trips to Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Exhibitions

Compare another peach shaped box in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881. Accession Number: 81.1.612a, b.

More information

The peach is among the most important auspicious symbols in Chinese culture and wares made in the form of a peach, clearly recognizable for its asymmetrical heart-shape, were much favoured by the emperors as well as commoners.