The top of the cover with a circular panel is deeply carved on wan-diaper ground enclosing some scholars with attendants. The rounded sides of the box and cover are carved with panels of flowers, divided by lotus scrolls. The base is lacquered black, incised to the centre with a Qianlong reign markDiameter 32 cm.
Chips to rim, crazing from dryness of material.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Folke Isacson (1898–1975), founder of a Gothenburg printing house, played a major role in the Gothenburg art scene in the 1930s and thereafter, partly as a patron and partly as chair of the Gothenburg Art Society, deputy chair of the Gothenburg Museum Board and a member of the board of the art school Valands Konstskola, the Museum of Art’s Purchasing Committee and Friends of the Museum of Art. Together with his wife Sigrid (1900–1987) he created a fantastic collection of important Swedish and international artists as well as Asian Art.
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Muiden katsomia kohteita
