A Chinese Export silver calling card case, circa 1900.
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Makers mark inside cover, unclear. Lobed, decorated in relief with a dragon and a placque with the monogram EW to one side, the other with a bamboo vegetation with a bird. Measure 10x7 cm. Weight 85.9 gram.
Provenance
The Stenbeck Collection.
Stenbeck was for many years the president of the Swedish Oriental Ceramics Society. His collection has been vast and unusual in comprising a wide range of Chinese porcelains produced primarily between 1572 and 1683, for the domestic Chinese, Japanese and Dutch markets.
Having studied, collected and exhibited these splendid wares for almost forty years, Stenbeck now feels that it is time to offer another part of his collection at auction. Bukowskis is pleased to have been able to sell items from this impressive collection during several auctions, see for example sale 568 an onwards.
This part, the Silver Collection focuses on the export silver.