Furniture, Works of Art and Asian Sale at Important Winter Sale

The auction's first lot exceeding one million SEK was a classic bureau by the master Georg Haupt, which sold for a final price of 1,375,000 SEK. Other highlights from the furniture department included a tray table by Gottlieb Iwersson, an Empire-style Gueridon table from the latter half of the 19th century, mirrors in baroque and rococo styles, as well as an unusually high-quality collection of table pendulums. An item that exceeded expectations was the so-called The Wrangel strongbox, which, after intense bidding, sold at twenty times its estimated price for a final price of 600,000 SEK.

The silver and objects of Vertu department offered a wide range of objects, from candlesticks to tankards and sugar bowls. Highlights included a silver-gilt cup by Johan Nützel, a tankard by Friedrich Richter and a pair of Louis XVI royal candelabras by Ignaz Würth which sold for a final price of 156,000. A silver-mounted agate perfume burner exceeded expectations, selling five times its estimate. Within ceramics, we saw high prices on porcelain in "Flora Danica" from Royal Copenhagen.

An extensive carpet section offered antique Keshan and Tabriz and a number of woven tapestries. Highlights include a "Verdure" in tapestry technique and several antique Suzani embroideries.

Highlights from the Asian Sale

The Asian section offered fine objects from several significant private Scandinavian collections of ceramics, cloisonné, jade, "scholars' objects", textiles and Chinese furniture. Highlights included a large Bodhisattva in gilt bronze from the Ming Dynasty, from the collection of Hedi Boyce Broström, which sold for a final price of SEK 1,150,000. A Shakyamuni Buddha in bronze also achieved a high final price when it sold three times its estimate. Within porcelain highlights included an elegant vase in blue and white from the Qing Dynasty, a yellow bowl with exquisite decoration in the form of green five-clawed dragons, a Qing Dynasty Bojan, and a jardiniere with five-clawed dragons battling for the flaming pearl amid cloud formations and foaming waves.