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A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
A bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
Estimate
5 000 - 7 000 SEK
441 - 618 EUR
460 - 645 USD
Hammer price
11 000 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 bronze sculpture/censer with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

One of the immortals Liu Hai is depicted standing astride a three legged toad. Height with wooden stand 20 cm.

Stola bands with damage.

Provenance

From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (she later moved her gallery to Riddargatan). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art.

Literature

Lui Hai is an immortal associated with wealth. His three-legged toad, linked with the concept oа immortality, has its origins in mythology of the late first millennium BC, in the classical text called the Huainanziю The toad was thought to inhabit the moon, and lost one of its legs in order to correspond with the three-legged bird that inhabited the sun.