A group of salts and miniatures, part Japanese and Chinese, part silver, around 1900.
Consisting of:
1 pair of salt cellars, sterling silver, in the form of miniature incense burners, with glass liners, height 3.5 cm.
1 salt cellar on three ball feet with bamboo-shaped mouth, decorated with a dragon, glass liner, height 3.5 cm.
1 miniature vase with a decoration of a pine branch, height 5.5 cm.
1 folding knife, stamped sterling 900, length 7.5 cm closed, 14 cm open.
1 bowl on a foot with a motif of a fisherman with a rod and fish, height 2.5 cm, diameter 7.5 cm.
1 scent box, decorated with flowers, length 6.5 cm.
1 plaque with a motif of two dragons and a luck-bringing 'fu' character, height 7 cm.
1 pair of shakers in glass with silver lids and a silver stand with pierced decoration, stamped sterling, height approx. 11 cm.
Wear. Scratches. Dents.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Purchased between 1928-1936.
From Johan Hultman's collection (1876-1958).
Hultman was a Swedish diplomat; in 1911, he became the Swedish envoy in Shanghai. He returned to Asia after a post in Germany and served as the Swedish envoy in Japan from 1928 to 1936 and in China from 1929 to 1936, including Siam from 1931 to 1936.
Bukowskis has previously sold items from this collection.