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A round fan, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
A round fan, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Watercolour and ink on silk, painted with an elegant woman in a palace garden. Bamboo stick, the other side with basketry work and a small painting on silk. Height with handle 39 cm.
Wear, stains, tears, turtoise attachment with damage.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
From the Collection of Ove Christian Lunn, Danish Diplomat and Consul General for Denmark in Shanghai 1928-1935. Lunn had an exciting diplomatic career and was posted 1910-18 in Oslo, 1918-24 in San Francisco, 1924-28 Melbourne and then finally Shanghai 1928-35. Unfortunately he died of pneumonia one week after returning to Copenhagen in 1935. His wife, Ruth moved in to a house in Vedbaek, where the objects have been ever since.