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A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.

A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
A pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.
Estimate
4 000 - 6 000 SEK
355 - 532 EUR
370 - 556 USD
Hammer price
75 000 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 pair of Chinese gilded and enamelled lotus cups, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.

Decorated with pink and white lotus flowers to gilded ground. Inside with turquoise enamel colour. Diameter 9,5 cm, height 5 cm.

Wear.

Provenance

From the Collection of Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939). Gustaf Wallenberg was Swedish business man, diplomat and active politician. He was the son of André Oscar Wallenberg, founder of Stockholm Enskilda Bank (today SEB, and grandfather of Raoul Wallenberg (1912-47?). After a career in the Swedish Navy he turned to the business world and was very active in striving to better the transoceanic shipping industry. Something that came in handy when he in 1908 successfully negotiated with the Qing court in Beijing about a friendship, trade and navigation treaty. The collection was acquired between 1906 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoyé in Tokyo. From 1907 he was also accredited for Beijing and came to spend time in both countries as the Swedish Ambassador. Mr Wallenberg came to be in China in dramatic part of its history, when a lot of items came on the market and when the golden era of collecting Chinese works of art started in Europe. Thence by descent.

Exhibitions

Compare a cup of this style in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum, Provenance; Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. American, New York. Accession Number: 79.2.876.

Literature

Bukowskis sold a part of this collection previously at Bukowskis Sale 554 in 2009 and Bukowskis Sale 556, 2010.

More information

The black and white images are from Temple Court, the Wallenberg residence in Japan.