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Important Spring Sale Spring 2026
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A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK

In the shape of a carp. Length 17.5 cm. Length 13.5 cm.

Provenance

From the Collection of Christer R. Christensson, born 1941. Christers work life took him across the globe a fact that has shaped his Art collection. When we asked Christer about the reason for collecting art, motorcycles, cars and locks, his eyes light up and he talks passionately of the fantastic collaboration between function and form. An object being a sculptural artwork at the same time it has a function.

Purchased in Seoul in 1989.

Literature

Depicted in the book, Svenska Samlare (Swedish Collectors), by Kim von Platen and Göran Tull, 2003, p. 141.

To read more about these fish locks, see Martina Pall, The Asian Padlock, objects from the Schell Collection Graz, p. 158-160.

More information

The fish was considered a good gard of a lock, since they never close their eyes.

For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.
A Korean 'fish' lock (Ja Mool Tong), circa 1920.

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