An elegant cloisonné vase, late Ming dynasty/early Qing dynasty.
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The bottle vase is raised on a circular straight footrim, its squat bulbous body supporting a long and elegant neck that ends with a slightly flared rim. Decorated to the lower part with a continous lotus scroll in red, yellow, green and blue agaist a turquoise ground. At the neck it is decorated with beaded tassels around the sides. Height 27.8 cm.
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Provenance
From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943-2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915-1976).
Dan Axel Broström was the third-generation ship-owner in the prestigious Broström Company group. When he took over the firm in 1949 they had 18 000 employees.
The Canadian model and geologist Heidi was Dan-Axel Broströms third wife, the couple lived at the fashionable Särö, a few miles south of Gothenburg.