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Cover: 918. A large and impressive gilt bronze figure of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara/Guanyin, Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

915. A Chinese hardwood altar table, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.

Back: 1150. A massive blue and white jardiniere, late Qing dynasty with Daouguang seal mark.

1012. A Chinese Hongmu low table, Qing dynasty, 19th Century. 1013. A hardwood armchair, Qing dynasty (1644-1912).

Viewing Nov 30 - Dec 5, Berzelii Park 1, Stockholm Weekdays 11-18, weekend 11-16 Auction Live December 6-8, Arsenalsgatan 2, Stockholm Wednesday December 6, From 10 am (CET) Furniture and Works of Art Silver, Objects of Vertu Carpets, Textiles and Islamic Works of Art Glass and European Ceramics Jewellery

Lot.no 1 – 164 165 – 305 306 – 402 403 – 440 441 – 582

Thursday December 7, From 1 pm (CET) Art

Lot.no 583 – 898

Friday December 8, From 10 am (CET) Asian Ceramics and Works of Art

Lot.no 899 – 1 167

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NO 653 | ASIAN SALE B U KO W S K I S | D E C E M B E R 8 , 2 0 2 3

The collection of Director L Sorelius From the collection of Director L Sorelius, Helsingborg, Sweden.

LOT 899 – 904

899. A blue and white jar, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Decorated in underglaze blue with a garden scene with a bird. The shoulder is further decorated with an intricate pattern and four roundels with flowers. Height 16 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Director L Sorelius, Helsingborg, Sweden.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

900. A blue and white Transitional jar with a four clawed dragon, 17th Century.

Large, with broad shoulder and an unglazed rim.

Decorated in a vibrant blue with a four clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations.

Height 25.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Director L Sorelius, Helsingborg, Sweden.

Exhibitions: Compare, Bonhams, lot 197, Asian Art, 4 November 2019.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 150

901. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing mark and period (1796–1820).

The elegantly shaped vase is decorated around the body with a continuous floral scroll that has an intricate pattern with stylized dragons, bats and peaches, all between borders of ruyi heads above, and petal lappets below. The slightly tapered neck is decorated with further floral scrolls and bats, and is flanked by a pair of angular scroll handles beneath the slightly everted rim. Height 28 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Director L Sorelius, Helsingborg, Sweden.

Exhibitions: Compare a vase of this style, sold at Chrisite’s, lot no 1264. Auction 13751, Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

902. A ge glazed jar, Song/Yuan dynasty.

Voluminous body on a short straight unglazed footrim.

Two handles, glazed in a ge glaze. Height 11 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Director L Sorelius, Helsingborg, Sweden.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

903. A brush washer in the shape of a reclining feline animal, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Brown glazed. Length 6.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Director L Sorelius, Helsingborg, Sweden.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 – 3 000 / EUR 220 – 260

904. A pair of yellow glazed covers, late Qing dynasty, with Qianlong mark.

Decorated in famille rose with roundels of flowers, waves and a spider web all against a bright yellow ground. The base with a Qianlong mark in red. Diameter 9.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Director L Sorelius, Helsingborg, Sweden.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

The collection of Heidi Boyce Broström From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943– 2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976). Dan Axel Broström was the third-generation ship-owner in the prestigious Broström Company group. When he took over the firm in 1949 they had 18 000 employees.

The Canadian model Heidi was Dan-Axel Broströms third wife, the couple lived at the fashionable Särö, a few miles south of Gothenburg.

LOT 905 – 920

905. A large Swatow dish, Ming dynasty, circa 1600.

Deep circular dish painted in turquoise, black, iron-red and green enamel with gently everted rim, painted in the centre with a barefoot artist wandering in a landscape holding a branch supporting a long-tailed bird, with a rucksack of scrolls and gourd, a further rolled scroll sits on an easel extending from his rucksack. Next to him a deer, all set in a landscape with rockwork, bamboo and beneath a large chrysanthemum. The decoration is encircled by a lappet band of flowers and branches, the cavetto painted with four large lobed reserves, two with birds perched amongst aster and camellias and two with lotus flowerheads, all between chilong dragon roundels on an iron-red diaper ground of cash and cross-hatch. The underside plain, the base and footrim with sand grit. Diameter 38.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Exhibitions: Compare: Collection of Sakamoto Gorō (1926–2016).

Sotheby’s New York, 17th March 2015, lot 41.

Literature: A similar dish is as the one with the figure and the deer is included by Jorge Welsh in Zhangzhou Export Ceramics, The So-called Swatow Wares, 2006, no. 26, pp. 124-7, where he notes the figure depicted may represent the Daoist immortal Lan Cai-he or Han Xiang-zi.

Another dish of this design, the four roundels in the cavetto with the Chinese characters yu tang jia qi ‘the hall full of beautiful treasures’, is illustrated by Yoneyama Torataro in The Seikado Bunko Art Museum catalogue of Swatow Wares of the Seikado Collection, no. 34, p. 41.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

906. A large Swatow dish, Ming dynasty, circa 1600.

Deep circular dish painted in turquoise, black, iron-red and green enamel with gently everted rim, painted in the center medallion with a scholar in a garden with an assistant carrying a vase with flowers. Behind the scholar a mythical creature in the shape of a Buddhist lion. The decoration is encircled by a lappet band of flowers and branches, the cavetto painted with four large lobed reserves, two with birds perched amongst aster and camellias and two with lotus flowerheads, all between chilong dragon roundels on an iron-red diaper ground of cash and cross-hatch. The underside plain, the base and footrim with sand grit. Diameter 38.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Exhibitions: Compare: Collection of Sakamoto Gorō (1926–2016). Sotheby’s New York, 17th March 2015, lot 41.

Literature: Dishes from this series is included by Jorge Welsh in Zhangzhou Export Ceramics, The So-called Swatow Wares, 2006, no. 26, pp. 124-7.

Another dish of this design, the four roundels in the cavetto with the Chinese characters yu tang jia qi ‘the hall full of beautiful treasures’, is illustrated by Yoneyama Torataro in The Seikado Bunko Art Museum catalogue of Swatow Wares of the Seikado Collection, no. 34, p. 41.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

907. Withdrawn

908. A blue and white jar, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Ovoid jar, decorated in underglaze blue with reserves with precious objects and antiques against a cracked ice ground with cherry blossom. Has been made in to a lamp. Height jar 22 cm.

Height with wooden stand, mount and lamp shade 55 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

909. A blue and white dinner service, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95). (53 pieces).

Decorated with carnations and other flowers in underglaze blue. Comprising; 47 dinner plates (diameter 24.5 cm), two round serving dishes (diameter 31.5 cm), an oval serving dish (length 34.5 cm), a pillow shaped vegetable tureen (measurement 24 x 21 cm), an oval vegetable tureen (length 26.5 cm), a dish with a strainer (length 41.5 cm).

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 150 – 2 580

910. A set of seven soup dishes, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in famille rose with garlands and flowers.

Diameter 23.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

911. A set of 12 famille rose dinner plates Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in famille rose and underglaze blue with antiques and flowers. Diameter 23 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

912. A pair of famille rose Chinese Export ‘Shipping subject’ chestnut baskets with stands, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing (1796–1820).

Oval shape with a flared rim and pierced sides. Decorated with a purple camaieu garland and the center of the dishes and baskets with a three-masted ships. Length 23 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

913. A Chinese reverse glass painting of a lady, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Elegantly clad in robes and with ornaments in her hair.

Dimensions glass 30.5 x 45 cm. Measure with frame 37 x 53 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

914. A set of four framed wooden panels, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Four panels with carved, lacquered and gilded decoration. Measurement framed together 103.5 x 94 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

915. A Chinese hardwood altar table, Qing dynasty, late 19th Century.

The rectangular top with inset ‘floating’ panel, the roll-over ends with inset carved panel of stylised lotus and, the apron carved and pierced with confronting stylized dragons flanking a flaming pearl, all raised on indented rectangularsection supports with side stretchers, the feet with carved scroll. Height 83.5 cm. Depth 40 cm. Width 118 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

916. A hardwood tall table/pedestal, late Qing dynasty.

Of square shape, the top proportionally constructed with a waisted top with rounded edges, all supported on four legs ending in hoof feet, the sides decorated with an apron reticulated in the shape of a central archaistic bi-disc and archaistic motifs. Height 100.5 cm.

Measurement top 32 x 32 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

917. A parcel-gilt bronze figure of a guardian, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The guardian deity cast standing with feet astride, clad in a suit of armour and with boots, with a raised right hand, the left hand holding a rope. By his left feet a mythical creature.

Height 29.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

918. A large and impressive gilt bronze figure of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara/Guanyin, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Cast seated in dhyanasana holding a ruyi-head sceptre in the left and right hands, wearing a long floral-edged robe falling in folds around the legs and open at the chest to reveal elaborate beaded jewellery. The serene face with downcast eyes below high arched brows and a small smiling bud mouth, all framed by a high pierced pointed tiara/crown with part of the hair swept up in a high ushnisha, part of the hair cascading down around the shoulders. The inside painted with an iron red consecration colour. Height 51 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Exhibitions: Compare a slightly smaller, later, Chiriste’s, lot 18, 7 nov 2017, Sale 13982. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Compare one, that is partly gilded lot no 130, sold at Sothebys, Important Chinese Art, 09 November 2016 • London, Sale Number: L16212.

Compare a smaller Guanyin at the Metropolitan Museum, Rogers Fund, 1912. Accession Number: 12.37.160 Literature: Stylistically this figure follows in the sculptural tradition of the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), when Tibetan Buddhism became the court religion. The Mongol court intensified political, religious and artistic contacts with Tibet, which resulted in the emergence of a new style of Buddhist art. With the founding of the Ming dynasty, Tibetan-Buddhist sculptures continued to exert a strong influence, and under the patronage of the Yongle Emperor (r. 1403-1424), Tibetan and Nepalese artisans were employed in Beijing to furnish the halls and palaces in the newlyestablished capital.

Catalogue note: Avalokitesvara is the most popular bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism, and is known in China as Guanyin, short for Guanshiyin (The one who perceives the sounds of the world). As the earthly manifestation of Amitabha Buddha, his crown features an image of a meditating Amithaba. Guanyin is described in Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra, first translated in Chinese in AD 286, where the bodhisattva is referred to as Lokesvara (Lord of the world) and Lokenath (Lord and protector of all beings).

In this text, Buddha describes Guanyin as the one who compassionately provides release and deliverance to all those that suffer.

Estimate: SEK 400 000 – 600 000 / EUR 34 370 – 51 550

919. A gilt copper alloy figure of a Lama, Tibet, 16th/17th Century.

The Lama is seated in lalitasana on a double lotus base with scrolled petal tips and beaded rims, with his right hand raised, his left hand holds a scripts with incised Tibetan letters, the first three letters translates as ‘lam’. He is dressed in heavy robes with foliate-incised hems, clad in boots, his face has a serene expression with a steady gaze. His facial expression conveys tenderness and serenity that allow the viewers to immerse themselves in its contemplative presence. The bronze body is covered in thick gilding with its base securely sealed and finely carved with a double-vajra. Face and hair later cold-gilt. Height 17 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Catalogue note: Tibetan Buddhist art integrated previous artistic traditions into a new style which became highly realistic and influential. The spiritual aura radiating from the figure is rendered dynamically by the skillful craftsmanship.

Estimate: SEK 80 000 – 100 000 / EUR 6 880 – 8 600

920. An elegant cloisonné vase, late Ming dynasty/early Qing dynasty.

The bottle vase is raised on a circular straight footrim, its squat bulbous body supporting a long and elegant neck that ends with a slightly flared rim. Decorated to the lower part with a continuous lotus scroll in red, yellow, green and blue against a turquoise ground. At the neck it is decorated with beaded tassels around the sides. Height 27.8 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943–2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915–1976).

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

The collection of Elsa and Cyril Holm From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm. The couple shared a passion for art, Chinese antiques and philosophy, they were active in creating their collection and decorating their villa in Danderyd up until 1960.

Thence by descent.

LOT 921 – 934

921. A large bronze sculpture of Shakyamuni Buddha, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The Buddha is heavily cast seated in the meditation posture (vajraparyankasana), his left hand in his lap and reaching forward with his right in the earth-touching gesture (bhumisparsha mudra). The sculpture is distinguished by the crisp quality and depth of the floral patterns cast in relief which decorate the hems of the Buddha’s robe (uttarasanga), outer garment (sanghati) and the skirt (antaravasaka) tied at the waist, the auspicious mark on the chest (svastika). Height 55 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Exhibitions: Compare: Sotheby’s Lot 346, Sale no L07211.

Chinese Ceramics & Works Of Art. 15 May 2007, London.

Catalogue note: The historical Shakyamuni Buddha is envisaged in this statue seated in dhyanasana at Bodh Gaya in eastern India, having vowed to remain in meditation to penetrate the mystery of samsara. He was interrupted by the demon hordes of Mara, the ‘lord of the senses’. The Buddha overcame their attempts at seduction and distraction, and in defiance moved his right hand from the meditation position to touch the ground before him. The gesture, bhumishparsha mudra, signifies the moment of triumph over Mara in calling the earth spirit to witness his claim to enlightenment.

Estimate: SEK 100 000 – 120 000 / EUR 8 600 – 10 310

922. A bronze sculpture of Boddhisattva, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Seated in vajraparyankasana holding a pearl, a serene face surmounted by a high five-peak crown. Inscribed decoration to the back. Height 22.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

923. A group of six embroidered silk mandarin insignias, Qing dynasty, 18/19th Century.

Embroidered with birds. Dimensions approx. 28 x 29 cm, one slightly smaller.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Catalogue note: Mandarin squares were first authorized for the wear of officials in the sumptuary laws of 1391 of the Ming dynasty. The use of squares depicting birds for civil officials and animals for military officials was an outgrowth of the use of similar squares, apparently for decorative use, in the Yuan dynasty. The original court dress regulations of the Ming dynasty were published in 1368, but did not refer to badges as rank insignia. These badges continued to be used through the remainder of the Ming and the subsequent Qing dynasty until the imperial system fell in 1912.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

924. A pair of famille rose coffee pots with covers, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

After a European silver model, handle to the side, decorated in famille rose with flowers. Height 18.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

925. A Japanese lacquer and gilt-decorated wood Amida Nyorai figure, 19th century.

Of yosegi (jointed) construction, standing serenely on lotus dais above stepped base with simple circular mandorla, the Buddha draped in crisply folding robes with fine gilt, the right hand raised in reassurance and welcome, the left hand lowered in a wish-granting gesture. Height 63.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Exhibitions: Compare an amida buddha sold with Christies, 10 sept - 1 Oct. 2020 | Auction sale 19805. Crafted Landscapes: The Ankarcrona Collection of Japanese Lacquer and Asian Works of Art. Lot 1.

Catalogue note: The sculpture represents Amitabha, known in Japanese as Amida Nyorai, Buddha of Infinite Light. The Pure Land (Jodo) tradition in Japan emphasises the salvific powers of Amida; incantation of the Buddha’s name can invite divine intercession and devotion in life can insure rebirth in Amida’s Western Paradise. By the early eleventh century, it was increasingly believed that only the compassion of Amida could override the cycle of rise, decline and fall––the concept of mappo, meaning the end of the Law that would devolve into ten millennia of moral degradation and strife.

By Japanese calculation, this would coincide with the year 1052.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

926. A pair of Japanese satsuma incense burners with covers, Meiji period (1868–1912).

In the shape of two stout Buddhist lions with their head turned upwards, decorated in gold and blue. Length 17 cm. One with a mark to the stomach.

Height 21 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

927. A Chinese painting after Tang Yin, 19th Century.

Ink and colour on silk, signed and with seal in red.

Depicting a lady of the court doing her morning toilette attended by her servants. Measure motif 44 x 85 cm. Measure with frame 52 x 93 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Exhibitions: Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, Peabody Essex Museum, compare with other paintings depicting everyday life in the closed off world of the forbidden city. Images like this one gives us a glimpse of the veiled world of the women in court life. We can also see some of the exquisite objects that are made for these women.

Catalogue note: Tang Yin (唐寅,1470–1524), better known by his courtesy name Tang Bohu (唐伯虎), was a Chinese scholar, painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming Dynasty whose life story has become a part of popular lore. Tang Yin is one of the most famous painters in the history of Chinese art. He was a pupil of the great Shen Zhou (沈周,1427–1509) and a friend of Wen Zhengming (文徵明, 1470–1559). Tang Yin is associated with paintings of feminine beauty.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

928. A Chinese painting on silk with ‘the immortals’ in a landscape setting, Signed Pingyang Jixiang, Qing dynasty.

After an old master. Signed and with a seal in red.

Measure motif 53.5 x 189 cm. Measure with frame 68 x 219 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

929. A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Depicting an elegant scene from court life. Measure motif 38.5 x 110 cm. Measure hanging 53 x 190 cm. Can be rolled up.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

930. A large landscape painting signed Xiaolan Zhuren, ink and colour on paper, Qing dynasty.

With calligraphy and three seals in red. Measure motif 110 x 228 cm. Measure with frame 116.5 x 234 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

931. A Chinese painting, ink and colour on paper, Qing dynasty.

Signed and with a seal in red. Laid on board. A landscape with mountains.

Measure motif 33 x 114 cm. Measure with frame 60 x 142 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm. The couple shared a passion for art, Chinese antiques and philosophy, they were active in creating their collection and decorating their villa in Danderyd up until 1960. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

932. A Chinese painting by anonymous artist, ink and colour on paper, Qing dynasty.

Probably cut down a bit, laid on board. A figure scene in a garden setting. Measure motif 48 x 93 cm. Measure with frame 62.5 x 112.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 260 – 350

934. A Chinese scroll painting, ink and colour on paper, Qing dynasty.

With calligraphy and seal in red. Laid on board. Landscape painting with a figure scene and buildings. Measure motif 51 x 130 cm. Measure with frame 69 x 150 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm. The couple shared a passion for art, Chinese antiques and philosophy, they were active in creating their collection and decorating their villa in Danderyd up until 1960. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

933. A Chinese painting, signed Wenhuan 文焕, dated 1888. ‘Moving rocks from the water’.

With calligraphy and three seals in red ink and colour on paper. Depicting a group of men moving rocks from the water under the supervision of a group of litterati. Measure motif 92 x 165 cm. Measure with frame 112 x 185 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Elsa (1910–2003) and Cyril Holm (1894–1960), Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

The collection of Erik Nordström From the Collection of Erik Nordström (1884-1971). Erik Nordström was commissioned after a recommendation by Swedish minister Gustav Oscar Wallenberg, the Envoyé of Japan and China, as Post General in Shanghai at the Royal Chinese General Post Office in 1910. The aim was to help facilitate its work throughout China. He was positioned in several of the Chinese provinces (he often chose the northern provinces due to their resemblance to the northern Sweden where he stems from) over his 35 years in the postal service.

Gustav Oscar Wallenberg who became a close and dear friend of Erik Nordström, was a keen collector of Chinese ceramics and introduced him to the art of collecting by defining age, quality and heritage as they visited the antique shops of Beijing. The vast collection of Eric Nordström contains a variety of objects of which many were acquired for the purpose of everyday use, hence the wear to many of the objects.

During his time in China he encountered and befriended many of the Swedish society who both worked and lived as well as passed through China at the time, i.e. Johan Gunnar Andersson and wife, Sven Hedin, Carl Bonde, Sten Thiel in the company of Nils von Dardel and his then fiancé Nita Wallenberg, to name only a few.

Erik Nordström was a keen sportsman and always liked a challenge whether it be hunting, shooting or tennis. He retired in China in 1945 and spent his last years in Qingdao before his return to Sweden in 1948. By the time he left China in 1948 he and his family had experienced the Chinese revolution, World War I and the Japanese invasion and World War II. Bukowskis has sold items from this collections before. See Sale 629 lot 641-643.

And also the major part of the collection, sale 580, 160 lots.

LOT 935 – 942

935. A cover for a ritual altar vessel, Qing dynasty with Guangxu seal mark and of the period.

Domed cover with globular knob, decorated with two five clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations between a meander frieze and a band of ruyi, all against a yellow ground. The interior yellow with a central seal mark in red. Diameter 16.1 cm.

Provenance: The Collection of Erik Nordström (1884–1971).

Exhibitions: Compare; Lot 716. Important Chinese Art Auction 19 September 2023, New York, Sothebys. Compare also one at Musee Guimet, Paris. G 3842 (+).

Collection Ernest Grandidier.

Literature: Compare a similar vessel depicted on page 112, Life of the Emperors and Empresses in the forbidden city 1644–1912.

Catalogue note: According to the Qing imperial document Huangchao liqi tushi [The illustrated regulations for ceremonial paraphernalia of the Qing dynasty], vessels of this specific type and decoration were positioned at the main hall of Taimiao (Imperial Ancestral Temple).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

936. A gilded belt buckle, Qing dynasty, 18/19th Century.

With seal marks/makers mark. Wooden plaque to the center carved with two dragons amidst cloud formations. Gold thread inlay. Mounted in a gilt copper filigrée buckle. Dimensions 7.4 x 5.6 cm.

Provenance: The Collection of Erik Nordström (1884–1971).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

937. A set with two seals, two jade plaques and a necklace with sculptured beads, Qing dynasty.

A seal with a sculptured qilin dragon. Height 4 x 2 x 2 cm.

A seal stamp with a reclining mythical creature on the top.

Height 2,5 x 2,5 x 2 cm. A nephrite sculpture of one of the immortals. Length 3,2 cm. A sculptured nephrite plaque with flowers. Length 5,5 cm. A necklace with that is composed intricately carved nut beads. Length 60 cm.

Provenance: The Collection of Erik Nordström (1884–1971).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

938. A set with two Chinese cuff links and two jade carvings, early 20th Century.

One pair in gold with green stone and a gilded pair with Chinese character. Length jade plaques 2.5 cm.

Provenance: The Collection of Erik Nordström (1884–1971).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

939. Two commemorative medals, honouring the completion of the Government buildings in Guangzhou, China 1934.

Minted on the 23rd year of the Republic of China.

Diameter 7 cm.

Provenance: The Collection of Erik Nordström (1884–1971).

Estimate: SEK 2 500 – 3 000 / EUR 220 – 260

940. A Chinese scroll painting, signed Huang Zhouyuan with dedication to Na Wufu, 1930s.

Ink and colour on paper. Calligraphy and seal in red. Two men in a conversation in a mountain landscape, five bats hovering above them. Measure motif 35.5 x 95 cm. Measure hanging 50.5 x 226 cm. Can be rolled up.

Provenance: The Collection of Erik Nordström (1884–1971).

Catalogue note: “If you say the words for ‘red bat’ (hong fu) out loud it sounds similar to the combination of words that imply ‘vast good fortune;’ which explains why so many bats in Chinese art are red in color,” continues Stuart, “Red bats in a sky denote ‘good fortune as vast as the sky.’ Shown upside down, the bat works into a visual pun meaning ‘blessings have arrived,’ and an image of bats amongst clouds is not far from the sound of ‘blessings and fortune.’ The word games go on and on!”.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

941. A Chinese scroll painting signed Zhao Shijie, with dedication to Na Keli, 1930’s.

With calligraphy and seal in red. Fisherman by waterfront.

Measure motif 28 x 81 cm. Measure hanging 44 x 206 cm.

Can be rolled up.

Provenance: The Collection of Erik Nordström (1884–1971).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

942. Two embroidered silk panels, Qing dynasty, circa 1900.

One panel embroidered with butterflies against a coral red ground.

Dimensions with lining 41.5 x 204 cm. The other embroidered with figure scenes with mythical creatures against a coral red ground. Dimensions with lining 42.5 x 202 cm.

Provenance: The Collection of Erik Nordström (1884–1971).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

The collection of Mr R. & Mrs A. Asplund From the Collection of Mr R. & Mrs A. Asplund 1905–1999, thence by descent.

LOT 943 – 946

943. A lacquer display cabinet, late 19th Century.

The rectangular top bearing raised flanges at the short ends, elaborately and finely carved as a compartmentalised cabinet with three open shelves arranged around a closed cabinet with hinged door and a pull-out drawer. To the right further three drawers. A deep carved and lacquered decoration with panels with figure scenes against border patterns with flowers and lychee fruits. The black lacquered back panel with gilded decoration. Height 96 cm. Depth 38 cm. Width 94.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Mr R. & Mrs A. Asplund 1905–1999, thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 150 – 2 580

The cabinet in the home of Mr & Mrs Asplund, Vasastan, Stockholm.

944. A carved lacquered table, early 20th Century.

Rectangular top with a black lacquered table top that is surrounded by a red lacquer decoration carved in deep relief around the sides and down on the legs. Height 27.5 cm.

Dimensions table top 39.5 x 94.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Mr R. & Mrs A. Asplund 1905–1999, thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

945. A famille rose ‘trick cup’ with a little figure, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

The exterior decorated with immortals in a garden setting, the interior with a doomed center piece, decorated with four bats, containing a small figure. Height 6.5 cm. Diameter 8.3 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Mr R. & Mrs A. Asplund 1905–1999, thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

946. A group of seven Chinese sculptures, early 20th Century.

Of different models, glazed in green, red and blue colours. Height 10.5–21 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Mr R. & Mrs A. Asplund 1905–1999, thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

The Collection of Sture Larsson Mr Larsson was a notable member of the Swedish Oriental Ceramics Society who formed his collection from the early 1950’s and onwards. Thence by descent.

LOT 947 – 962

947. A blue and white jar, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

A broad body on a tall foot and rounded shoulder, neck cut down and applied with a silver lining. Decorated in a vibrant blue colour with two feline animals, one coiled up, the other has catched a butterfly, all set in a garden with flowers, garden rocks, birds and insects. Height 17,5 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 18 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 550 – 1 720

948. A bisquit brush pot, presumably late Qing dynasty/Republic.

The base bearing an apocryphal Qianlong mark.

Decorated with a group of scholars by a river.

Height 14 cm. Diameter 13.2 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

949. A dragon dish, late Qing dynasty/Republic.

With Guangxu six character mark to base. Decorated in famille rose with two fierce five clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. Diameter 16.8 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

950. A nephrite brush washer, Qing dynasty (1644–1912).

Carved mythical beasts to the sides. With a carved apocryphal Tang (year 805) mark, ‘Yongzhen Yuzhi’ to the side. Length 9.5 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

951. A Chinese ink stone with an inscription, Qing dynasty or older.

Decorated with a dragon in relief. Dimensions 16 x 12 x 3 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

952. A nephrite carving of ‘double fishes’, Qing dynasty (1644–1912).

Carved as two entwined fishes on one side, the other with lotus leaves.

Length 5.5 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Catalogue note: The Double Fish symbol is one of the eight treasures of Buddhism and a common Feng Shui symbol. At weddings, the Double Fish symbolizes the meaning of a balanced union between the couple. It also carries the meaning of fertility, a surplus of happiness, marital harmony, and sensual pleasure.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

953. A carved qingbai ‘boys’ bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279).

Rising from a short foot, the thinly potted bowl of conical form, carved on the interior with two boys among stylized floral scrolls covered in a bluish white glaze. Diameter 21 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson. Previously in the Collection of Tage Grönwall (1903–1988). Grönwall was a Swedish diplomat who had a long career serving for the Swedish Foreign Ministry.

He was stationed in Tokyo 1956–1962 and also in Seoul 1959-1962.

Exhibitions: To see other items from the Grönwall collection, see Östasiatiska museet, donations made by Tage and his wife Inger Grönwall (nee Ericson-Gadelius).

Literature: Qingbai Ware, Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Rosemary Scott, Amy Barnes, Estelle Nikles, Catherine Teo. Compare a bowl with decoration of two boys playing amid floral scrolls, the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Fransisco, P65 P41. Depicted on page 40.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

954. A small qingbai foliate cup, Song dynasty (960–1279).

Lobed rim, carved decoration, covered overall in a bluish-white glaze. Diameter 11.5 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Exhibitions: To see other items from the Grönwall collection, see Östasiatiska museet, donations made by Tage and his wife Inger Grönwall (nee Ericson-Gadelius).

Literature: Qingbai Ware, Chinese Porcelain of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Rosemary Scott, Amy Barnes, Estelle Nikles, Catherine Teo. Compare a dish with a foliated rim in the Victoria and Albert Museum C.37–1946. Depicted on page 74.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

955. A Qingbai bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279).

Carved decoration to the interior, covered in a bluish white glaze.

Diameter 17.2 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Exhibitions: To see other items from the Grönwall collection, see Östasiatiska museet, donations made by Tage and his wife Inger Grönwall (nee Ericson-Gadelius).

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

956. A silver lined qing bai bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279).

Rounded sides on a short glazed footrim, silver lining on the unglazed rim. Carved decoration to the exterior, covered in a bluish white glaze. Diameter 17.5 cm. Height 6.6 cm. Wooden box accompanies the piece.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Exhibitions: To see other items from the Grönwall collection, see Östasiatiska museet, donations made by Tage and his wife Inger Grönwall (nee Ericson-Gadelius).

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

957. A brown glazed vase, Song dynasty (960–1279).

Pear shaped with a long slender neck and flared rim, decorated in a brownish black glaze. Height 29.5 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

958. A celadon glazed lotus shaped cup, Yuan/Ming dynasty.

Lotus shaped. Height 7.2 cm. Diameter 9.5 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

959. Regina Krahl & John Ayers, “Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul”. Vol I-III. Vol I: Yuan and Ming Dynasty Celadon Wares, Vol II: Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, Vol III: Qing Dynasty Porcelains. Regina Krahl i samarbete med Nurdan Erbahar, John Ayers, historiska undersökningar av Ünsal Yücel och Julian Raby. With blue cover boxes. Measure in all 38.5 x 27.5 x 15.5 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

960. A collectors library, part I, a set of six volumes on Chinese Jade.

Comprising; The Bauer Collection, Chinese Jades and other hardstone, by Pierre F. Schneeberger, keeper of the Baur Collection, 1976. Jade Flowers and Floral Patterns in Chinese Decorative Arts, Cheng Te-k’un. 1969. Dr Newtons Zoo, Bluett & Son LTD, 1981. Marchant & Son, Post Archaic Chinese Jades, 1995. Chinese Jade, throughout the ages, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1975.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 260 – 350

961. A Collectors library part II, a set of 11 volumes on Chinese Works of Art. Comprising; Qingbai Ware, Chinese porcelain of the Song and Yuan dynasties, Rosemary Scott, Amy Barnes, Estelle Nikles, Catherine Teo, 2002. Kinesisk Konst, William Willets, Stockholm 1966. The Art and Architecture of China, Laurence Sickman and Alexander Soper, 1968. A book of Chinese Art, Lubor Hajek, 1966. Freedom of Clay and Brush through Seven Centuries in Northern China, Tz’u-chou Type Wares 960-1600 AD. Yutaka Mino, 1986. Chinese Laquer, Sir Harry Garner, 1979. Oriental Blue and White, Sir Harry Garner, 1977. With a decidation from 1979.

Korean Celadon, St St. G. M. Gompertz. Chinese porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries. H. A. Van Oort. 1977. Kinesisk Konst, Nationalmuseum, 1959. Kinesisk konst, Mario Prodan, 1957.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 260 – 350

962. A collectors library part III. Osvald Sirén, Kinas konst under tre årtusenden. Vol I-II. Stockholm, 1943.

Textile binding. Measure 29 x 21 x 12 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Collector, Sture Larsson.

Estimate: SEK 1 500 – 2 000 / EUR 130 – 180

Property of a private Swedish family collection Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day. The two generations of collectors have shared a common interest in Chinese Works of Art, numerous has their visits been to Museums, Auction Houses and Antique Fairs around the world.

LOT 963 – 977

963. A blue and white dragon wine cup, ‘Hatcher Cargo’, 17th Century.

Decorated in underglazed blue with a dragon amidst clouds chasing the flaming pearl. Height 4.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

The Hatcher Collection, Christie’s June 1984. The wares discovered in the early 1980s in the ‘Hatcher Cargo’, named after the Captain who made the discovery, now serve as important benchmarks for the dating of 17th-century Chinese porcelains.

The cargo of the ship included some 25,000 pieces of porcelain, mostly blue and white wares from Jingdezhen, but also examples of celadon wares, Dehua wares, polychrome wares and provincial blue and white wares. Several thousand of these were sold in a historic sale at Christie’s Amsterdam in 1984, from which all of the ‘Hatcher’ pieces in the Curtis Collection were purchased. (fig. 1) Because no trade records exist to identify the ship and hence the destination to which it was headed, scholars needed to use a combination of deductive reasoning and knowledge of the porcelain trade at the time to date the wares salvaged from the vessel. While the Dutch East India Company (VOC) used Chinese junks to transport cargos from Taiwan to Batavia, the diversity of the wares in the ‘Hatcher’ wreck indicates that the ship was probably headed for wholesale markets in Batavia or Bantam.

Literature: Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, The Complete Record, London, 1988, p.

30) Sheaf and Kilburn take a step-by-step process to deduce that the ship most likely sunk between 1643 and 1646. The inclusion of two covers for ovoid jars (similar in shape to the lot 3513) bearing inscriptions and a cyclical date corresponding to the spring of 1643 indicates that the vessel sank no earlier than the spring of 1643. The authors also note that because of the internal unrest in China at the time, trade was significantly disrupted at the fall of the Ming dynasty and studies of VOC records show that by 1646 the Manchus were preventing the free movement of trade and shipments out of Jingdezhen.

The authors conclude that it is therefore very likely that the Chinese junk known as the ‘Hatcher Cargo’ must have sunk sometime in the years between 1643 and 1646. In her article, “Transition Ware Made Plain: A Wreck from the South China Sea” (Oriental Art, Summer, 1985).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

964. A white biscuit Dragon Boat, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Finely carved with minuite details, the vessel in the form of a scaley dragon with upturned tail, a two tier pagoda on the back, the lower level with a lattice enclosed room containing a figure standing straight gazing ahead, further the deck has figures of the daoist immortals. Sturdy columns supporting the overhanging floor of the next level, the top section with a low balustrade and a large arched gateway with a peaked tile roof. Rowers on both sides of the vessel, the dragon head prow has its tongue and eyes made so they can move. Length 25 cm. Height 18.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day. Purchased by the present owners father in Hong Kong in 1977 when on a trip with Weyland Wieslander.

Exhibitions: Compare a dragon boat sold at Sothebys, New York, 1994, Novermber 28-29. lot no 385. Compare also a boat sold at Christies, lot 1547. 29 May 2007, Live auction, 2369. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Compare a dragon boat sold at Bonhams, 8318. Fine Asian Works of Art, 20 December 2011.

Literature: Chen Guozhi can often be identified as the sculptor of these works. He was a well-known ceramic carver, particularly those of biscuit porcelain wares, who was active during the late Daoguang period. An example of a biscuit brushpot illustrated by S. Kwan, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1983, p. 18, fig. 4; and a turquoise enamelled brushpot bearing the unusual mark of Daqing Daoguang Chen Guozhi zao, ‘Made in the Daoguang period of the Great Qing dynasty by Chen Guozhi’, in the Baur Collection is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva, 2000, p. 236, no. 340 (A658).

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 440 – 5 160

965. A fruit shaped brush washer, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Length 7 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

966. A bronze sculpture of a man with a tablet, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Depicted standing stout with a raised arm on a rock, by the foot of the rock lingzhifungus, flowers and bamboo. Height 18.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

967. A Chinese peach shaped bronze brush washer, late Qing dynasty.

Modelled as a peach with four bats highlighted in gold.

Length 11 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

968. A carved wooden ruyi scepter, Qing dynasty/early Republic.

Naturalistically carved in the form of a gnarled and knotted branch of lingzhi with the largest fungus forming the head of the scepter and several further smaller fungi in high relief along the handle. Length 34.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 16 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 380

969. A carved Chinese hardwood stand for a table screen, Qing dynasty.

Sculptured wooden frame stand. Measure 28.5 x 51 x 18 cm.

Inner measure for a screen 45 x 2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

970. A sculptured wooden cup with silvered liner, Qing dynasty.

Sculptured cup decorated with magnolia, branches and a peach. The interior clad in a silvered metal liner. Length 10 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

971. A Chinese lacquered Kang table, Qing dynasty.

The rectangular top is decorated with shou characters. The table has a further pierced frieze and decorated with scrolling clouds and flowers.

Measure 28 x 78 cm. Height 28 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

972. A chinoiserie table, 20th Century.

The back of the tray marked; Cop. av bord från Linnes Hammarby, målat år 1932 av E. Jansson. Firma Bröd.

Lindgren, Uppsala. Painted in red with Chinese motif.

Height 65 cm. Dimensions top part 48.5 x 38 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Exhibitions: Copy after an original that can be seen at Carl von Linnés estate Hammarby, Sweden. The image depicts the original at Hammarby.

Literature: Compare another table from this series sold at Bukowskis, lot no 1292324.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

973. A Chinese lacquered tea caddy with pewter boxes, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Octagonal shape standing on four dragonfeet, decorated in gold against a black ground. The interior with two pewter canister with covers and liners.

Measure 24.5 x 18.5 x 15.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

974. Withdrawn.

975. A Canton enamel bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Painted decoration of a westerner in a landscape with buildings. Diameter 10.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 260 – 350

976. A Chinese bamboo walking cane with a cloisonné handle, late Qing dynasty/early 20th Century.

With inscription. The handle shaped like a dragonhead, decorated in the enamels, pink, red, blue, yellow, green and white against a black ground. Height 94.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

977. A gilt copper alloy cloisonné censer with cover, late Qing dynasty/early Republic.

Tripod on mascaron clad legs, upturned handles, doomed pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial. Decorated in cloisonné technique with continuous lotus scroll. Height 22 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish family collection, gathered from the 1940’s and to the present day.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

Details of lot no 1121, 1081, 1075, 1065, 1074, 1087, 1085, 1019, 1138, 1064, 1136 and 1080.

979. A Chinese painting after Fan Kuan (950–1032), ink and colour on silk.

Laid on board. With two seals in red calligraphy and additional inscriptions by Wen Peng (1498–1573) and Song Ke (1327–1387). A mountain landscape. Measure motif 35,5 x 76 cm. Measure with frame 47 x 93 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

978. Shen Quan (1682-1762), follower of.

Birds in a garden in full bloom.

A Chinese painting, ink and colour on silk, Qing dynasty. With calligraphy and seals in red. Measure motif 83 x 180 cm.

Measure with frame 104 x 208 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish Private Estate.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

980. A Chinese painting, ink and colour on paper, unidentified master, 18th/19th Century.

Portrait of Yanluo Wang, god of death and the ruler of Diyu. Measure with frame 177 x 98 cm. Measure motif 146 x 72 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (she later moved her gallery to Riddargatan). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art. Literature: Yanluo Wa is the god of death and the ruler of Diyu, the Taoist hell. He is also the judge of the underworld.

Estimate: SEK 18 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 550 – 1 720

981. A Chinese scroll painting by anonymous artist, ink and colour on silk, Qing dynasty (1644–1912).

Laid on board. Mountain landscape by a river. Measure motif 40.5 x 167 cm. Measure with frame 51.5 x 180 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

982. Wen Zhenming (1470-1559), after. A mountain landscape with pagodas.

A Chinese scroll painting, Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Ink and colour on silk. The painting is shortened, signature and seal marks kept on the back side of the painting. Measure motif 72 x 61.5 cm. Dimensions including frame 78 x 67.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of a Scandinavian nobleman, who had a long diplomatic career starting, in the 1920s as a young attache in China, later on as ambassador in China.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

983. Cheng Hongshou (1768-1822), signed, ink and colour on paper.

After a painting by Wen Riguan. With seal in red.

Bird in a fruit tree. Measure motif 37 x 108 cm.

Measure with frame 56 x 143 cm.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 150 – 2 580

984. A Chinese painting on paper, Signed Zhang Qing/Tianma Shanmin (1876–1962), but with an earlier dating.

With two seals in red and calligraphy. A mountain landscape with buildings and a man riding across a bridge in the foreground. Measure motif 81 x 33 cm. Measure with frame 100 x 51 cm.

Provenance: Private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

985. A Chinese painting signed Zhou Yuanliang, ink and colour on paper.

With two seals in red and with calligraphy. A mountain ridge with trees in autumn colours. Measure motif 103 x 34 cm.

Measure with frame 156 x 51.5 cm.

Provenance: From a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 290 – 2 150

986. A Chinese painting by Yan Bolong (1896–1954).

With two seals in red and with calligraphy. Dragonflies by a fruit tree. Measure motif 33,5 x 103 cm. Measure with frame 47,5 x 120 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

987. A Chinese painting on silk, signed Gu Jialong (1606-after 1687), Qing dynasty.

With seal in red and calligraphy. Elegant ladies of the court by a table with antiques and precious objects, all set in a garden with rocks and banana plants in the background. Measure motif 133 x 33 cm.

Measure with frame 160 x 52.5 cm.

Provenance: From a private Swedish Collector.

Catalogue note: The painter Gu Jianlong was noted for his portraiture and use of western idiom/perspective.

Estimate: SEK 18 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 550 – 1 720

988. A Chinese painting after Ma Yuanyu, ink and colour on silk, Qing dynasty.

With two seals in red, and with calligraphy. Birds by a rock formation next to a lotus pond. Measure motif 124 x 35 cm.

Measure with frame 138 x 45 cm.

Provenance: Private Swedish Collection.

Catalogue note: Ma Yuanyu/Ma Yüan-yü/马元驭 (ca. 1669–1722) was a Chinese painter during the early Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). Ma was born in Changshu in the Jiangsu province. His style name was ‘Fuxi’ (伏 羲) and his sobriquets were ‘Xixia’ (棲霞) and ‘Tianyu shanren’ (天虞山 人). Ma was taught by Yun Shouping, and specialized in Bird-and-flower painting.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 580 – 4 300

989. A Chinese painting, signed, early 20th Century.

With calligraphy and two seal in red. Depicting peonies, cherry blossom and chrysanthemum.

Measure motif 47 x 72 cm. Measure with frame 59 x 87 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Svenskt Tenn.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

990. A Chinese painting, signed Lady Huang Hua, presumably late Qing dynasty.

Ink and colour on silk. An elegant flower bouquet in a flower basket.

With calligraphy and two seals in red. Measure with frame 57 x 107 cm.

Measure motif 48 x 98 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Svenskt Tenn by the present owners father.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

991. A Chinese scroll painting/wall paper-panel, ink and colour on paper, after Jiang Tingxi (1669–1732), Qing dynasty.

Several seals in red and with calligraphy. Depicting a garden in full bloom. A set of wall paper panels mounted together as a scroll. Measure motif 115 x 215 cm.

Total Measure 125 x 250 cm. Most possibly originally made in to a folding screen but remounted. Can be rolled up.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 440 – 5 160

992. A Chinese anonymous artist, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Ink and colour on paper. A djonk on the river. Measure motif 29.5 x 39.5 cm. Measure with frame 36.5 x 46.5 cm.

Provenance: With a gift dedication to the back.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

993. Qi Liangchi (1921-2003), signed, ink and colour on paper.

Third son of Qi Baishi.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish Collector.

Exhibitions: Compare a painting sold at Christies by this artist, lot 155.

Live Auction 4896. Chinese.

Catalogue note: Qi Liangchi (1921-2003), courtesy name Zichang, was born in Xiangtan, Hunan, the fourth son of Qi Baishi. At the age of ten, he studied traditional Chinese painting techniques under the guidance of his father, and graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Furen University in 1945. He later taught at the National Peiping Art College, and was the deputy director of the Beijing Culture and History Research Center, the honorary director of the Xiangtan Qi Baishi Memorial Hall, and the consultant and member of the Art Appraisal Research Office of the Chinese Academy of Arts.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

994. Withdrawn

995. Two Chinese reverse glass mirror paintings, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Two elegant ladies in a palace garden. Dimensions with frame 23 x 29.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

995A. A Chinese reverse glass painting, circa 1800.

Decorated in bright colours depicting a lovely family scene from court life.

Dimensions glass 41 x 58 cm. Measure with frame 55 x 71 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

996. A Chinese reverse glass painting, Qing dynasty, around 1800.

An elegant gathering in a garden setting. Measure motif 35 x 50 cm. Measure with frame 40 x 55 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private collection.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

997. Studies of the people of the Philippines, Manilla mid 19th Century, attributed to Justiniano Asunción (1816–1901).

A group of 11 different depictions of people and clothing tradition in the Philippines. Watercolour heightened with white, gold and gum on paper. Measure paper 23 x 35 cm.

Provenance:Property of a private Swedish Estate. Justiniano Asunción was a Filipino painter and politician. Asunción was born into a prosperous Chinese Filipino family in the Santa Cruz district of Manila. He was one of six brothers, who were all renowned artists. The Asunción brothers operated an art studio and workshop. In 1853, Asunción was elected cabeza de barangay (a municipal office) of his native Santa Cruz, which made him a member of the principalia ruling class working in cooperation with the Spanish government. This position gave him his alias Capitan Ting. Asunción was known for the detailed realism, accuracy, and the three dimensional feel of his paintings. He painted life-sized pieces and miniature-sized works. He painted religious images, portraits, and tipos del pais (“types of the country”, native dress) paintings. Asunción studied at the Escuela de Dibujo under Damián Domingo, whom we covered in part 18 of this series. Domingo established and popularized tipos del pais paintings for the foreign travelers’ market. When Domingo became too ill to continue these paintings, he passed the duty onto his pupil Asunció

Exhibitions: Compare a set sold at Chrisite’s, 17 December 2017, lot 151, live auction 14237, Topographical pictures.

Literature: José Honorato Lozano (1821–1885) is another artist in the Philippines who works in this style.

Catalogue note: The women wear the traditional pares (the combination of skirts designed to satisfy the Catholic dress code), tapis (overskirt) covering the brightly coloured saya (long skirt). We also see examples of the delicate and transparent embroidered pañuelo (mantle), usually made from pineapple cloth, and worn over an opaque blouse. One wears a veil and others carries a silk umbrella. We also see a ‘Manila Mestizo’ (a local man of mixed Spanish, Chinese and Filipino descent) in Filipino dress. He wears a transparent embroidered striped shirt over an undershirt, a bowler hat (from England).

Such local dandies and their attire fascinated nineteenth-century visitors to the colony: ‘the shirts worn by the wealthy are often made of an extremely expensive home-made material, woven from the fibres of the pine-apple or the banana. Some of them are ornamented with silk stripes, some are plain. They are also frequently manufactured entirely of Jusi (Chinese floret silk), in which case they will not stand washing, and can only be worn once.’ (F. Jagor, Travels in the Philippines, London, 1875, pp.31-2).

Estimate: SEK 150 000 – 200 000 / EUR 12 890 – 17 190

Details of lot no 1014, 1015 and 1093.

998. Nang Hien LE (Viet Nam, 1921–2014) Sitting Woman.

Signed, stamped with the artist’s seal, and dated 1975. Ink and gouache on silk, 67 x 50.5 cm.

Provenance: Acquired in Hanoi in the 1970s by a Swedish family.

Exhibitions: Compare other works by this artist sold at; Sothebys, lot 3064. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art, 12 June 2020, Hong Kong. Compare also; Sothebys, lot no 308. Modern And Contemporary Southeast Asian Art 05 October 2019 • Hong Kong.

Catalogue note: Lê Nang Hien was a Vietnamese Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1921.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 150

999. Book, four volumes, “Shi zhu zhai jian pu” by Hu Zhengyan.

Published by Rong Bao Zhai, Beijing, 1952.

Ten bamboo studio catalogue. Woodblock prints, ink and colour on paper, four volumes, in a cloth-bound slipcase. Dimensions album 22 x 31.5 x 5.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Compare a similar set sold at Christies; lot 1330. 11 Dec 2012, Live auction 7639.

Christie’s Interiors. Compare also; Sothebys, lot 231, Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History 28 July 2020•12:00 BST, London.

Catalogue note: Rong Bao Zhai (simplified Chinese: 荣宝斋; traditional Chinese: 榮寶齋, Studio of Glorious Treasures) is an old well reknowned stationery, calligraphy and painting shop in Beijing, China. It is located in Liulichang outside the Hepingmen Gate. Rong Bao Zhai was founded in 1672 (11th year of the Kangxi reign in the Qing dynasty) as the Song Zhu Zhai (松竹斋; Pine and Bamboo Studio), and adopted its current name in 1894.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1000. Edgar Gorer and J.F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain, and Hard Stones, vols. I and II. Publ. Bernhard Quartich, 11 Grafton Street, New Bond Street, W. London 1911, Two volumes; Edition limited to 1000 copies, this is no 130.

Provenance: From the Collection of James Keiller, thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 150

1001. An antique Peking (Beijing), North China, c 354 x 272 cm.

Around 1910. A dark blue ground with polychrome orchids and peonies. A blue border with flower vines.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 150 – 2 580

1002. An antique Ningxia runner, north west China, c 763 x 72 cm.

Around 1880. A terracotta coloured ground with eleven polychrome medallions featuring lion dogs and meanderlike corner ornaments. A terracotta coloured main border with a flower and pearl border.

Estimate: SEK 18 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 550 – 1 720

1003. A five clawed dragon kesi robe on blue ground, Jifu, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Finely woven in the split weave technique with the prescribed nine five clawed dragons clutching flaming pearls and hovering above the terrestrial diagram and lishui stripe amidst a ruyi-form cloud clusters interspersed with auspicious emblems such as bats and various renditions of shou characters, the arms are striped in gold. Length 146 cm.

Width arm to arm 192 cm.

Provenance: From Ericsbergs castle, thence by descent.

Robes decorated with dragons are the quintessential Qing dynasty garments. They were the dress of the imperial government, its civil administration. They were supreme significant social markers representing access to power. The right to wear them depended on rank and status. From the very start of the reign of the Qing Manchus, they were are of image and used dress as an important tool to communicate legitimacy and heritage. The early robes, has usually one or a pair of dragons, but from early 18th Century and onwards the design of nine dragons were the norm.

Exhibitions: Compare robe in this style, Christies, The Imperial Wardrobe, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Lot 10. Compare; An Imperial Court Robe in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum, Title: Imperial Court Robe, Accession Number: 57.28.3, from the Collection of Mrs. Willis Wood, 1957.

Literature: G. Gickinson and L. Wriggelsworth, the imperial wardrobe, London, 1999. Compare kesi, page 61.

Catalogue note: The use of the blue colour was associated with the Temple of Heaven, south of the palace, where the Emperor offered sacrifice at the winter solstice and also prayed for rain during the summer months.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1004. An antique Mongolian flat weave tapestry, c 285 x 120 cm (with 34 and 21 cm sewn in fabric at the ends).

The first quarter of the 20th century. A light blue ground with four symmetrically placed cranes and flower baskets.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 18 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 550

1005. A Tibetan Thangka of Green Tara, 19th Century.

The central figure of Green Tara is flanked by bodhisattvas. Above her three lamas, and Amithaba Buddha. Below Tara are a fierce deities with mortal attendants playing music and carrying offerings. Framed in an old silk brokade with fierce five clawed dragon facing each other.

Measure with lining hanging 146 x 71 cm. Measure motif 44 x 70 cm.

Exhibitions: Once she achieved complete enlightenment, Tara promised to return in a female form to benefit all beings. Meditational practices and visual descriptions of Tara appear in all schools of Buddhist tantra. She is usually depicted as a beautiful young woman, commonly either green (for all types of meditation), white for longevity, and red for power. There are close to two hundred different meditational forms of Tara, varying in color, number of faces and limbs, and in peaceful or wrathful countenances. In this painting, Green Tara is flanked by Marichi to her right, the peaceful deity with clean skin and bright white clothing, and to her left by Ekajati, the ash-covered wrathful deity with third eye wrapped in a tiger skin.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

1006. A gilt copper alloy figure of Buddha, Tibet/Nepal 15th Century.

Seated in dhyanasana, hands in bhumishparsha mudra, wearing a monk’s robe, and seated in vajraparyankasana on a double lotus throne. Base plaque with a vajra. Traces of red lacquer to back of sculpture. Height 14 cm, width 13 cm.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 75 000 / EUR 4 300 – 6 450

1007. A gilt bronze figure of Tsongkapa, Tibeto-chinese, 18th/19th Century.

Depicted seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with both hands raised in dharmacakra mudra holding the lotus stems, wearing robes finely incised with flower head borders, his peaked cap with lappets resting on the shoulders. Flanked by two lotus stems supporting the attributes the Sword of Knowledge and the Book of Wisdom. Height 17 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Ion and Anna Dufva, Strandvägen 5a, Stockholm, thence by descent within the family.

(Ion was the son of A.G. Dufva). The figure was purchased by the couple from the Swedish Geologist and Professor Erik Nyström (1879-1963). Nyström arrived in Shanghai in 1902 and came to live in China for a long time. He was a teacher at the Shanxi University, he led expeditions in China to support Swedish missionaries 1911-12. He worked as an interpreter in 1912 when Throild Wulff were sent by Röhsska Museet to acquire Chinese Works of Art. In 1913 he took the initiative that led to Johan Gunnar Anderssons coming to China.

Catalogue note: Tsongkhapa (1357–1419) is a revered Tibetan religious philosopher, and a central figure of the Gelugpa sect that ruled Tibet until the middle of the 20th century. According to tradition, he is an emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjushri.

The attributes supported by the blossoms at his shoulder, the flaming sword that cuts through ignorance and the book of wisdrom, are also those of Manjushri.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 75 000 / EUR 4 300 – 6 450

1008. Two bronze mirrors, mid-late eastern Han dynasty, 2nd-3rd Century AD. The knob encircled by mythical beasts, within a band of plain semi-circles alternating with squares enclosing characters, with blackish-grey patina, green encrustation.

Diameter 12.6–16.8 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, 605, lot 445. Then from the Collection of antique dealer Sten Röing (1880–1965), the collection was added to by his son Max Röing (1916–1984) during the 1950–60’s, thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1009. A pair of bronze altar vases, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Of slender shape with two dragon-head handles, standing on a high splayed foot, the neck decorated with leiwen diaper band. Height 16 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Exhibitions: Compare a single vase of this type, sold at Lempertz, Asian Art. Cologne. Auction 1226 - Asian Art.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1010. A bronze sculpture of a Buddhist lion and her puppy, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Length 9.5 cm. Height with wooden stand 14 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1011. A four panel lacquer screen, Qing dynasty.

Boldly carved on one side with various birds such as phoenix, quails, pheasants etc. in an idyllic landscape setting next to elaborate rockwork and surrounded by flowering peonies, bamboo and pine trees on a monochromatic ivory background.

All surrounded by a border with dragons chasing the flaming pearl. Hinged two by two. The back painted in red with bamboo in gold. Measurement each panel 48.5 x 213 cm. Measurement in total lying flat 196 x 213 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Exhibitions: It appears that the white ground screens are rare, compare a dated screen sold at Sothebys, Pierre Bergé: From One Home To Another 30 October 2018 • Paris, Sale Number: PF1860. Lot no 12.

Catalogue note: There is a lot of symbolism in the depiction of birds in China. Cranes on the reverse, which represent the wish for longevity, and the harmony associated with filial conduct. The phoenix. The phoenix represented power sent from the heavens to the Empress. The quail is the symbol of courage as in rural China quail-fights, like cock-fights, were a popular pastime. The quail is also a symbol for peace and harmony between generations living together.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1012. A Chinese hongmu low table, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

The single board top half-lapped to side panels cut out with a centered ruyishape and continuing to delicately scrolled ends set off by pierced chilong and geometric corner brackets. Length 180, width 29, height 49 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Exhibitions: Compare a similar sold at Bonhams, Lot 329, Fine Chinese Art, 7 November 2013, London, New Bond Street. Compare a table sold at Bonhams; Fine Asian Works of Art, 24 June 2013, Lot 1162. California, San Francisco.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1013. A hardwood armchair, Qing dynasty (1644–1912).

The horizontal back rest with stove pipe ends tenoned into the stiles which run through the seat forming the back legs, the stiles, arm rests set of by an apron carved with geometric spirals. The back with relief pattern. Seat clad in rattan.

Height back 87 cm, height seat 48.5 cm, width 56 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Viktoria Lindström Antikhandel, Grev turegatan 28, Stockholm.

Viktoria Lindström started her career at Helge Lundgren (Lundgrens Antik) in the 1940’s, she then started up her own business at Grev Turegatan 28, and when the house was torn down she moved the business to Riddargatan. She was a dealer of good repute in Asian and Egyptian Art in Stockholm who sold both to museums and private collectors. From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (1644-1912). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art. Exhibitions: See a related pair sold at Sothebys, October 7th, 2015, lot 128 from the Collection of Dr S. Y. Yip. Also compare a pair sold at Bonhams, San Francisco, lot no 8203. Thursday, December 10th 2015.

Literature: See related pair at the Liang Yi Museum, published in Curtis Evarts. A Leisurely Pursuit. Splendid Hardwood Antiquities from the Liang Yi Museum. 2000. No 16. Page 78–79.

Catalogue note: Chairs of this type are known as meiguiyi in the north but in the south they are known as wenyi or scholar’s chair. The form is characterised by its low regular back and it is thought that when placed in the scholar’s studio, it would fit neatly under the window without obstructing the view outside.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1014. A Chinese hardwood chair, Qing dynasty (1644–1912).

The protruding crestrail is supported on a broad S-shaped backsplat. The molded seat frame encloses a rattan seat, cusped aprons and spandrels.

The round-section legs are joined by stepped stretchers at the sides and a foot rest at the front. Height back 81 cm, Height seat 46 cm. Width 46 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Klas E Böök (1909-1980), thence by descent. A Swedish diplomat and civil servant. Mr Böök first had a career within banking, that led up to the position of Governor of the Swedish National Bank from 1948 to 1951. His diplomatic career began when he was appointed head of the Commercial Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and envoy from 1947 to 1948. He was minister in Ottawa from 1951 to 1956, ambassador in Beijing from 1956 to 1961, also accredited as envoy to Bangkok from 1956 to 1959. Böök was ambassador in New Delhi, also accredited to Colombo and Kathmandu from 1961 to 1965 and in Bern from 1965 to 1972. He had special assignments for the Foreign Ministry from 1972 to 1975.

Exhibitions: The black and white images is of the table in Mr Bööks residence in New Dehli, when ambassador there. Image of the chair in the same home in India. Image of Mr Böök and Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese statesman who served as the first Premier of the People’s Republic of China from September 1954 until 1976.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1015. A Chinese hardwood corner-leg table, Qing dynasty.

Well proportioned table, square slender top, continuing to square-sectioned legs terminating in hoof feet, the legs secured by humpbacked stretchers. Measure top 74 x 74 cm. Height 76.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1016. A group of five hardwood stands, Qing dynasty.

A tall stand on five feet. Height 21 cm. Inner diameter at top 16.2 cm. Lower stand on four feet, height 10 cm. Inner diameter 14 cm. The smallest stand, height 4 cm. Inner measurement 9 cm. A stand for a tripod sculptured as three fruit (finger lemon, peach, and pomme granate). Height 4.5 cm. Measure 11 x 11 cm. Hexagonal stand on tall feet. Height 14 cm. Inner dimensions approx 17–18 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private collection.

Catalogue note: The display of beautiful, precious or exotic objects was a major part of the decoration in the imperial palaces during the Qing dynasty. These objects were usually displayed on stands, sometimes simply placed on top of a table or chest, but in other instances a selected group of objects was displayed in an arrangement of display niches. These arrangements of cabinets ranged in size from huge banks of display areas, like the special display shelves which cover most of the wall in the Study of Fresh Fragrance in the Forbidden City, Beijing, to the tiny treasure cabinets made for the emperors’ miniature pieces.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1017. A Chinese ‘dream stone’ table screen, Qing dynasty.

The uncarved surface with jagged mountain ridges in misty grey clouds towards a white ground, the plaque with calligraphy and sealmark. Set in a dark sculptured hardwood frame. Dimensions 48 x 56 x 21 cm.

Catalogue note: The tradition of these Chinese natural stone painting of a mountain range is called a dream stone, “shih-hua.” They are mostly cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone. This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them “pierres de reve.”

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 12 000 / EUR 860 – 1 030

1018. A pair of Chinese hardwood marble top tables, circa 1900.

The inset variegated pink marble top within a foliate carved border and a beaded edge above a pierced frieze on carved legs with claw-and-ball feet. Height 45.5 cm.

Diameter 42 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1019. A Chinese lacquer box with a set of five pewter tea caddies, Qing dynasty, 18/19th Century.

The box decorated with two east india men in the pearl river all against a black ground. The interior holds a set of five well decorated pewter tea caddies with covers, three of them still has the liners. Tea caddies decorated with lotus, and birds in garden settings. The central tea caddy with a four character mark to the base. Height 17.5 cm. Width 17 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1020. A Chinese red lacquer box with cover and a sculptured nephrite plaque, 20th Century.

The lacquer box with sculptured decoration of flowers.

Diameter 5,5 cm. The plaque sculptured with kalebass fruits and leaves. Length 8 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1021. An archaistic sculpture of a cikada.

Length 5.6 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (she later moved her gallery to Riddargatan). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection.

The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art. Catalogue note: Cicada’s unusual long life cycle as an insect has made it a popular subject in ancient Chinese jades, symbolising longevity and immortality.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1022. A Chinese russet nephrite sculpture of a Guanyin, placed in a boulder, 20th Century.

Finely sculpted with pierced decoration, the Guanyin is holding a ruyi sceptre in one hand. Length 9 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1023. Two Chinese sculptures of Buddhist lions.

One large sculpture in a green mottled stone depicting a mythical beast, with his tail tucked in next to his body, the head reaching backwards. Length 7.5 cm. The smaller one in a green darker mottled stone, also reclining, tail tucked in, facing forward. Length 5.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1024. A Chinese jade pendant, 20th Century.

Carved decoration of a bat and a squirrel by a peach.

Height 5.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1025. A carved Chinese soapstone boulder with Wang Mu’s eight horses, 20th Century.

Depicting the horses by a rock formation. Height 20 cm. Height with wooden stand 23.5 cm. Width 27 cm.

Catalogue note: Wang Mu (r. 1001–947 B.C.) was according to the legends an intrepid adventurer and is said to have traveled to the famous paradise of the immortals on Mount Kunlun as well as to other worldly and not–so– worldly sites. After his adventures, he released his eight favorite horses into a beautiful valley to finish their lives under the care of his charioteer.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1026. A set of six Chinese sculptured snuff bottles, 20th Century.

Comprising: one opal with cut decoration of horses. Height 7 cm. One in quartz with cut decoration depicting a fish in a lotus pond. Height 6.5 cm. A purple snuffbottle with cut decoration of a boy riding a carp. Height 5.5 cm. One in green stone with two monkeys. Height 6.2 cm. One in an orange tone stone decorated with a bird in a garden setting. Height 6 cm. One in a green mottled stone with a horse. Height 6.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1027. A set of four Chinese snuff bottles and a sculpture, 20th Century.

Comprising: a sculpture of a Buddhist lion decorated in enamels.

Height 6 cm. Length 7.5 cm. A snuff bottle with stopper decorated with filigree and stone inlay. Height 8 cm. A tripple snuffbottle with stopper in agathe with stone inlay. Height 4 cm. Length 5 cm.

A snuff bottle in stone with carved decoration. Height 5.5 cm.

A snuff bottle in stone. Height 5.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1028. A pair of silver filigree earrings/re-worked hair ornaments, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

In a gilded leather case. Measurement case 5.5 x 10 x 3 cm.

Height of pendant earring 6 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 5 000 / EUR 350 – 430

1029. A Chinese cloisonné cup, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

With handles in the shape of mythical creatures that bites in to the rim. Decorated in the enamels yellow, red, blue, pink and green against a dark blue ground. The interior and base in turquoise enamel. Length 10.5 cm. Height 5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1030. A black and brown glazed stoneware jar, Northern Song dynasty.

The body of compressed globular form, rising from a short spreading foot to a broad waisted neck with everted rim. Applied at the shoulder with a pair of strap handles, covered with a rich dark brown lustrous glaze irregularly decorated with lighter russet and buff splashes falling short in a neat line above the foot to reveal the light greyish body. Height 10.8 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bluett&Son, 48 Davies Street, London, June 13th 1979. From the Collection of Mr W. Hanna. Mr Hanna graduated from Ecole des Beaux Art in Paris, before joining Hyatt International Hotels in Chicago, USA. His work as Senior Vice President covered overseeing the design of hotels worldwide. This including the selection of architects and interior designers, approval of designs and approval of interior finishing materials and furnishings. After retiring Mr Hanna settled down in Malmö with his Swedish wife in beautifully decorated penthouse flat in “Turning Torso” building.

Exhibitions: Utställning av äldre kinesiskt konsthantverk ur svenska samlingar, 1928. Nationalmuseum. Lot no 234. Exibition label to base. Also exhibited in the National Museum in 1949, lot no 268. Exhibition label to base.

Literature: Illustrated in Osvald Sirén, Kinas konst under tre årtusenden, Vol II. in colour opposite 384.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 75 000 / EUR 4 300 – 6 450

1031. A large pale celadon glazed dish, Yuan/Ming dynasty.

Pale celadon glaze, inscribed decoration. Diameter 33.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1032. A painted ‘Cizhou’ ‘floral’ jar and a cover, late Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Yuan / Ming dynasty.

Lobed, decorated in brown against a creme coloured glaze.

Ge glaze. Height 23 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1033. A green and yellow glazed architectural element with a Lohan, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1536.

One side decorated with a figure of a lohan, the other with an inscription with a date. Glazed in green, yellow, aubergine and white. Height 62 cm. Width 30.5 cm. Depth 26 cm.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 580 – 4 300

1034. A large sculpture of a Buddhist lion, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The Buddhist lion standing stout on four legs, with a saddle cloth on his back, carparisoned with tassels and bells, glazed in turquoise, aubergine, yellow and white. Height 46.5 cm. Length 46 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

Details of lot no 1094, 1092, 1038, 1055, 1056, 1050, 1054, 1007, 1006, 1096, 1099, 1095 and 1012.

1035. Two wucai decorated Transition vases, 17th Century.

Of baluster shape, decorated with Buddhist lions amidst a foliage of leaves. Height approx. 18 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1035A. A Transition jar with cover, 17th Century.

Decorated in wucai colours with a figure scene in a garden setting. Height 36 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1036. A wucai Transition style vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Narrow base, broad shoulder with a waisted neck and flared brown glazed rim. The shoulder decorated with a ruyipattern, the sides with lively Buddhist lions amidst a foliage against a yellow ground. Height 18 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1037. A famille verte tureen with cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated with peonies and chrysanthemum.

Diameter 22.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1038. A sleeve vase, Transition/Kangxi, 17th Century.

Tall with a waisted neck and flared brownglazed rim. The vase is decorated with different bands with floral and ruyi patterns in red and green enamels. Height 38 cm.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

1039. A matched pair of large famille verte chargers, Transition/ early Kangxi, 17th Century.

Decorated in famille verte colours, yellow, red, green and aubergine with peonies, lotus and chrysanthemum.

Diameter 35 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 16 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 380 – 1 720

1040. A famille verte dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in vibrant colours with chrysanthemum and peonies. Diameter 33 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private estate.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1041. A pair of famille verte decorated dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi, 17th Century.

Decorated with a floral scroll in green, yellow and red colours. The back of the rim with three floral sprigs, the center with a an artemisia leaf in underglaze blue.

Diameter 21 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1042. A famille verte ‘lady & boys’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Deep, decorated with a scene with an elegant lady of the court with two boys in a palace garden. Diameter 22.4 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private estate.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1043. A large famille verte ‘Ladies’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated to the centre with a scene taken from the Romance of the Western Chamber, with a scene with the young scholar and a beautiful lady before a table laid with scholarly accoutrements, further a beautiful lady is seen in the rocky garden outside. Diameter 36 cm.

Catalogue note: The story of the young scholar Zhang Sheng and Yingying’s love affair in the Romance of the Western Chamber had been a popular poetic subject throughout the Tang and Song dynasties, before being adapted for the stage in the Yuan (1271-1368). The play was then expanded by Yuan playwright Wang Shifu, and it is his enriched adaption of the romance that became the standard version. The play itself, though incredibly popular, was banned from the stage at various points during the Ming and Qing dynasties due to its suggestive descriptions and controversial perspectives. Visual depictions of scenes from the story were also very popular within ceramic and woodblock print design. Kangxi ceramic artists often used older illustrations of the play as source material; the elevated angle from which the viewer looks down at the scene on this plate, for example, is a typical device employed by narrative painters of the Song (960-1279).

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

1044. A famille verte ‘pie crust’ serving dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Octagonal decorated in famille verte colours with a scene with two elegant ladies at a terrace by a lotus pond.

Length 35.5. cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1045. A pair of famille verte dishes with Wang Mu’s eight horses, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).

Decorated in famille verte with eight horses in a landscape setting.

Decorated to the base with an antique in underglaze blue. Diameter 20.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Catalogue note: Wang Mu (r. 1001–947 B.C.) was according to the legends an intrepid adventurer and is said to have traveled to the famous paradise of the immortals on Mount Kunlun as well as to other worldly and not–so–worldly sites. After his adventures, he released his eight favorite horses into a beautiful valley to finish their lives under the care of his charioteer.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1046. A famille verte cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in relief and in famille verte with boys in a continuous vegetation of flowers, the interior further decorated with lotus, peonies and chrysanthemum. Diameter 11 cm. Height 5.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector. Purchased at Skajs Antikhandel, Stockholm, Sweden.

Exhibitions: Compare with a cup in Musee Guimee, G 4978 (+). Collection Ernest Grandidier. Inventory no G 1278.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1047. A pair of sancai glazed laughing boys, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Laughing boys clad in loose robes, standing on pierced rock formations holding coins and lotus branches. Each glazed in the colours green, yellow, aubergine and white. Height 14 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (she later moved her gallery to Riddargatan). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art. Catalogue note: The two groups of figures represented here are the Hehe Erxian, the ‘Immortals of HArmony and Union’ and realte to two legendary monks (Hanshan and Shide) of the Tang Dynasty. They have been regarded as symbols of happiness and harmony.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1048. A Guanyin sculpture, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The figure is depicted seated, glazed in aubergine, yellow and green glaze. Height 20 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1049. A blanc-de-chine censer, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

After a bronze model, decorated in relief. Length 14.5 cm. Wooden stand accompanies the piece.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector. Purchased at Nils Nessim Antiques, in 1964. Receipt accompanies the piece.

Exhibitions: Compare; A similar one in Musee Guimee, G 4978 (+). Collection Ernest Grandidier.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1050. A blanc-de-chine figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty.

Modelled standing above crested waves, wearing a long veil sweeping over the shoulders and flowing robes, the delicate hands together, adorned with a necklace, her face with a serene expression, the hair tied in a high chignon surrounded by an elaborate tiara. Height 44cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare a Guanyin of this type at Musee Guimet, Paris. G 3199 (+).

Collection Ernest Grandidier.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1051. A set of two blanc-de-chine libation cups, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Octagonal on four small feet, inscribed with grass script/ calligraphy. Length 10 cm. Height 6 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with cups at the British Museum, bequeathed by: Patrick J Donnelly. Museum number 1980,0728.459 and 1980,0728.394– 395. Compare also with cup in the collection of Musee Guimet, Paris, G 2799 (+). Collection Ernest Grandidier.

Literature: P. J. Donnely, Blanc de Chine, page 87–88, pl 26. Compare octagonal cups discussed and with images.

Catalogue note: Eight is an auspicious number in China, these are eight sided.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1052. A pair of blanc-de-chine sculptures of daoist immortals, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Standing on rock formations with waves, holding fans.

Height approx. 24.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1053. A ge glazed vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Rounded body on a short unglazed footrim, tall neck, ring handles on its shoulder. Height 20.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1054. A flambé glazed meiping vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Sturdily potted with full rounded shoulders rising at a gently flaring angle from the base and sweeping to a short waisted neck with a lipped rim, the exterior applied evenly with an flambéglaze that shifts from red to lavender blue by the shoulder. Height 19,5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 18 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 550 – 1 720

1055. A copper red glazed stem bowl/cup, Qingdynasty, Yongzheng six character mark (1723–35).

With deep, rounded sides flaring from above the pedestal foot to the rim, the exterior is covered with a glaze of crushed strawberry-red tone thinning above and below the ribbed band encircling the foot. Diameter 18.2 cm. Height 13 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Peder Hammarskjöld (1923-1994). Employed by the Swedish foreign ministry from 1949, and served in Bonn, Tokyo, Beijing, Stockholm, Geneva, Rome and Oslo. He was also Swedish United Nation representative in New York and ended his long diplomatic career as Swedish Ambassador in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mr Hammarskjöld belonged to the first Swedish representation in the People’s Republic of China in the beginning of the 1950’s. Sweden was the first Western country to establish diplomatic relations with the new China, the Swedish ambassador Torsten Hammarström, handed over his letter of credence on the 12th of June 1950 to Chairman Mao. These stemcups were given

by Mr Hammaskjöld to his sister in law as a gift. Thence by descent within the family.

Exhibitions: Compare; Another similar Yongzheng-marked copper-red-glazed stem bowl of the same size was sold at Christie’s New York, 29 March 2006, lot 531. Compare also; Lot 1554. Christies, March 21–22 2013, auction 2689, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. There are stemcups of this model but in blue at the Museum in Nanjing Museum, research, online catalogue. Overview of Collections.

Blue-glazed Stem Porcelain Bowl. Height 11.3 cm. Width of Mouth 17.5 cm. Width of Bottom 7.2 cm. Dated as Yongzheng Reign, Qing Dynasty.

Literature: Compare a smaller copper red stem cup with Yongzheng mark at the Musee Guimet, Paris. G 3494 (+). Collection Ernest Grandidier.

Catalogue note: Rich and lustrously glazed copper-red monochrome porcelains were perfected during the Yongle and Xuande reigns in the Ming dynasty, but the large number of discarded sherds at the Jingdezhen kiln sites highlights the difficulties experienced by even the most highly accomplished imperial potters of that time to achieve satisfactory results. After the Xuande reign, the copper pigment was therefore almost completely abandoned, and monochrome copper-red vessels were only revived on a grand scale about two centuries later under the Qing Kangxi Emperor. Also known as sang-de-boeuf (‘ox-blood’), the copper-red langyao glaze was developed under Lang Tingji (1663-1715), supervisor of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen from 1705-1712, and the term is thought to derive from his name. Under his direction, the imperial potters attempted to recreate the lost formula of the early Ming period.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 580 – 4 300

1056. A copper red glazed stem bowl/cup, Qingdynasty, Yongzheng six character mark (1723–35).

With deep, rounded sides flaring from above the pedestal foot to the rim, the exterior is covered with a glaze of crushed strawberry-red tone thinning above and below the ribbed band encircling the foot. Diameter 18.2 cm. Height 13 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Peder Hammarskjöld (1923-1994). Employed by the Swedish foreign ministry from 1949, and served in Bonn, Tokyo, Beijing, Stockholm, Geneva, Rome and Oslo. He was also Swedish United Nation representative in New York and ended his long diplomatic career as Swedish Ambassador in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mr Hammarskjöld belonged to the first Swedish representation in the People’s Republic of China in the beginning of the 1950’s. Sweden was the first Western country to establish diplomatic relations with the new China, the Swedish ambassador Torsten Hammarström, handed over his letter of credence on the 12th of June 1950 to Chairman Mao. These stemcups were given

by Mr Hammaskjöld to his sister in law as a gift. Thence by descent within the family.

Exhibitions: Compare; Another similar Yongzheng-marked copper-red-glazed stem bowl of the same size was sold at Christie’s New York, 29 March 2006, lot 531. Compare also; Lot 1554. Christies, March 21–22 2013, auction 2689, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. There are stemcups of this model but in blue at the Museum in Nanjing Museum, research, online catalogue. Overview of Collections.

Blue-glazed Stem Porcelain Bowl. Height 11.3 cm. Width of Mouth 17.5 cm. Width of Bottom 7.2 cm. Dated as Yongzheng Reign, Qing Dynasty.

Literature: Compare a smaller copper red stem cup with Yongzheng mark at the Musee Guimet, Paris. G 3494 (+). Collection Ernest Grandidier.

Catalogue note: Rich and lustrously glazed copper-red monochrome porcelains were perfected during the Yongle and Xuande reigns in the Ming dynasty, but the large number of discarded sherds at the Jingdezhen kiln sites highlights the difficulties experienced by even the most highly accomplished imperial potters of that time to achieve satisfactory results. After the Xuande reign, the copper pigment was therefore almost completely abandoned, and monochrome copper-red vessels were only revived on a grand scale about two centuries later under the Qing Kangxi Emperor. Also known as sang-de-boeuf (‘ox-blood’), the copper-red langyao glaze was developed under Lang Tingji (1663-1715), supervisor of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen from 1705-1712, and the term is thought to derive from his name. Under his direction, the imperial potters attempted to recreate the lost formula of the early Ming period.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 580 – 4 300

1057. A flambé glazed vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Based on archaic bronze form, the body of rectangular section swelling around the middle and tapering at the neck, the neck flanked with a pair of lug handles, glazed in a sang de boeuf red glaze that shifts to celadon green. Height vase 31.5 cm.

Height with mount as a lamp 65 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1058. A peachbloom bowl, late Qing dynasty/early Republic, with Kangxi six character mark.

Conical shape on a short straight foot, decorated in peachbloomglaze. Diameter 18.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector. Purchased at Löfgrens antik, the Old Town, Stockholm, Sweden.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1059. A turquoise glazed vessel supported by a group of boys, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The vessel is supported by three applied figures of boys, each portrayed with a round, cherubic face below hair tied into twin-knots. The piece is glazed in a turquoise glaze. Height 8.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Compare; lot 306, Sothebys, november 28–29, 1994.

For another bowl of this type glazed in both turquoise and aubergine.

Literature: Vases decorated with boys, such as the current example, were used by the Qianlong Emperor as gifts and tributes for officials and gentry. This is reflected in the Qing court records in the 4th and 7th months of the 20th year of the Qianlong reign (in accordance with 1755). These records reveal that the Emperor decreed that, under the supervision of Tang Ying, 50 vases decorated with three or five boys were to be produced so as to be sent to Jehol and gifted to people (The First Historical Archives of China, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, eds, Qinggong neiwufu zaobanchu dang’an zonghui [General collection of archival records from the Qing imperial household department workshop], Beijing, 2005, vol. 21, pp. 470-471).

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1060. A turquoise glazed vase made in to a lamp, Qing dynasty with Qianlong mark.

After a bronze shape, central panel decorated in relief with a four clawed dragon amidst cloud formations above a turbulent sea of waves and a leaping carpfish.

Handels in the shape of mythical creatures. Height vase 27 cm. Height with mount as a lamp 48 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1061. A turquoise glazed vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Of baluster shape, with a tall slightly flared neck, decorated in a turquoise ge glaze. Height 17 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1062. An apple green glazed jar, Qing dynasty, presumably 18th Century.

Rounded sides on a short straight footrim, decorated in an apple green ge glaze. Metal mount to rim. Unglazed interior that has traces of the green glaze below the metal mount. Height 14.5 cm. Height with wooden stand that accompanies the piece 24 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1063. A celadon and underglaze blue and red glazed Cadogan tea pot, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Peach shape, with an upturned spout, decorated with leaves in relief.

Height 15 cm, length 19 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Carl Kempe. Thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare with a cadogan pot in Musee Guimee, G 4978 (+).

Collection Ernest Grandidier. Inventory no G 3023.

Literature: The name ‘Cadogan’ was given to this curious group of peachshaped vessels, which had no lids and were filled from the underside, by the Earl of Cadogan who in the early 19th Century promoted their use as teapots, and persuaded the Rockingham factory in England to copy the form. See David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, no. 150 for a discussion on ‘Cadogan’ wine pots.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

1064. A ‘rouge de fer’ six piece tea caddy set, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.

Comprising a center piece with cover, and five additional tea caddies that stands around the center piece forming a cabaret tea caddy. Height 11.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 16 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 380 – 1 720

1065. A large Chinese Export wine cooler, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Cylinder shape, mascaron handles, decorated in imari colours with a garden in full bloom with birds and fruits. Diameter 20.5 cm. Height 17.2 cm.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

1066. An imari ewer with cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

After a European silver model, decorated in imari colours with flowers and bands. Height 22.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad (born 1936), Norway. The couple built their collection over the decades. They started to collect in the early 1970’s after buying the first piece, a famille rose bowl, dating from the 18th Century. Mr Strømstads work at IBM brought the couple and their family to various places around the world and they built their vast academic collection of ceramics dating from the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty by visiting auction houses, antique dealers and antique fairs. Always striving to acquire pieces form different epoques and constantly seeking more knowledge about the pieces, the techniques and their history. Strømstad label 342.

Exhibitions: Compare a ewer of this model but with coat of arms in the Musee Guimet, Paris.

Inventory no G 5010 (+). Collection Ernest Grandidier. For other items from this collection, see Sothebys, Asian Arts / 5000 Years. 18 April 2023. Paris. Lot no 1–39.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1066A. An imari tea pot with cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).

Lobed, decorated with flowers. Height 10.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1067. An imari jar, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Ovoid shape with an unglazed rim, decorated with two panels of peonies, all against a ground with a continuous lotus scroll.

Height 22 cm.

Provenance: From the private collection of a Swedish family in Närke. The couple has a keen interest in art and antiques and started to collect in the 1960’s, attending auctions, antique shops, and antique fairs. Always seeking additional pieces that would adorn their home and that intrigued them with its quality and history. For other items sold from this collection, see Bukowskis sale 649 1020–1032.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1068. A doucai dish, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng (1723–35).

Decorated with a cricket in a garden in full bloom.

Diameter 32 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1069. A pair of armorial cups with saucers, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in enamels with the coat of arms of the Swedish Noble family of Ehrenpreuss.

Diameter cup 8.5 cm. Diameter dish 11.5 cm.

Provenance: The noble family Ehrenpreus 1313, knighted in 1695, Introduced 1697. Baronial 1747, introduced with no. 218. The service was presumably commissioned by Carl Diedric Ehrenpreus (b.18/1 1692 - d. 21/2 1760).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1070. A Chinese Export armorial dish and seven plates, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Decorated in enamels and gold with the arms of the Wrangel family. Diameter dish 35.5 cm.

Diameter plates 22.8 cm.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

1071. A small cup with stand, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng (1723–35).

Decorated in grisaille with monogram underneath a dukes coronet. Diameter cup 7.5 cm. Diameter dish 12 cm.

Estimate: SEK 2 500 – 3 000 / EUR 220 – 260

1072. A pair of European Subject grisaille dishes, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Depicting a hunting scene, in the background you see a city wall. Diameter 25 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1073. A famille rose armorial serving dish, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Oval silver shape. Length 31 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1074. A Chinese Export vase with cover, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Baluster shape, after what is Marieberg faience shape, pistol shaped handles, decorated in rouge de fer and gold. Central medallions with European landscapes. Height 41.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1075. A famille rose “European Subject” punch bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Decorated on either side with East-Indiamen with English flags. Diameter 23 cm.

Exhibitions: Compare; A punch bowl decorated with the Royal George at The V&A, London. Accession no C.19–1951. Dated as 1775. Compare also a pair of punch bowls with Swedish East indamen, sold in these rooms, Bukowskis, lot no 638, auction 601.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

Detail of lot no 1097.

1076. A Chinese Export famille rose ‘hunting’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Rounded sides, decorated to the interior with a medallion with a scene of a European gentleman with his hounds. Around the exterior a vivid scene depicting a hunt. Diameter 28.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

1077. A pair of famille rose plates, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in famille rose with a figure scene from court life with elegant ladies by a table set with fruit, behind them a lotus pond and pavilions. Diameter 23 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1078. A large famille rose dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in famille rose with a central composition with a hat, instrument, doves, notes and the words “for a merry meeting”. Diameter 41 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, april 1914, lot no 264.

Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

1079. A famille rose jar, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Ovoid shape, decorated in famille rose with flowers.

Height 22 cm. Height with wooden cover 23,5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1080. A pair of famille rose candle sticks, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

After a European silver model, decorated with flowers in famille rose. Height 21 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1081. A famille rose Chinese Export wine cooler, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Enamelled on each side with a lattice-fenced peony garden, the large pink blooms growing from blue rockwork, all between iron-red lion mask handles and beneath a molded iron-red diaper border. Diameter 20.5 cm. Height 16.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Compare a wine cooler of this model sold at Christies, lot 256, 23 January 2001, Live auction 9724. Chinese Export.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1082. A set of 12 famille rose dinner plates, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in famille rose with flowers. Diameter 23 cm.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1083. A famille rose mug, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Decorated in famille rose with a figure scene from court life. Height 15.8 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1084. A set of 12 famille rose dinner plates, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

After a European model, decorated in relief and with flowers in famille rose. Diameter 23 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 12 000 / EUR 690 – 1 030

1085. A pair of famille rose salts and a sauce boat, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95).

Two salts decorated in famille rose with flowers.

Diameter 7.5 cm. Height 5.5 cm. The sauce boat with handles in the shape of foxes, decorated with a garden in full bloom. Length 18.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 260 – 350

1086. A pair of famille rose dishes, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in famille rose with cabbage, finger lemon and peonies. Diameter 26.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 260 – 350

1087. A pair of Chinese Export polychrome painted nodding head figures, Qing dynasty, early 19th Century.

Depicting the male and his female companion in court robes and elaborate accessories.

Height approx. 28 cm.

Exhibitions: Compare a pair sold at Bonhams, Roger Keverne Ltd. Moving on, lot 303, 11 May 2021, London, New Bond Street. Compare also a pair at Christies, Property from the Collection of A. Jerrold Perenchio, lot 93. Sept 2020, sale 17353. Compare also; Chirstie’s, lot no 119. November 2021, sale 20770.

Literature: See a related figure of a standing Mandarin holding a halberd, 18th/19th century, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol.3, London, 2016, p.927, no.2091. See also a related pair of clay figures of a gentleman and lady, circa 1750, illustrated

by D.S.Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai and Hong Kong: Three Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the Decorative Arts, London, 1997, no.188.

Catalogue note: ‘Nodding head’ figures were popular in the corridor of the Prince Regent’s Pavilion at Brighton by 1815. In 1847–8, they were moved to Buckingham Palace. Similar figures can even be seen in Johan Zoffany’s painting of Queen Charlotte’s dressing room at Windsor in 1764.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 580 – 4 300

1088. A set of 12 famille rose dinner plates, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.

Decorated in famille rose and underglaze blue, central scene with birds in a lotus pond, around the rim chrysanthemum and cherryblossom in a garden setting. Diameter 23 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish estate.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1089. A famille rose dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Lobed, decorated in famille rose with a riverscape with a pagoda with a gilded wall around it by the shore. Diameter 38.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1090. A Chinese Export punch bowl, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing (1796–1820).

Rounded sides on a tall footrim, decorated in a deep blue and gold, around the rim a border panel with a grapevine, above flower sprays. Diameter 28.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1091. A pair of famille rose jars, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Of ovoid shape, unglazed rim and base, decorated in famille rose with a procession of figures. Height 21 cm. Height with wooden stands that accompanies the set 27.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1092. A yellow-ground green-enamelled ‘dragon’ and phoenix bowl, underglaze blue Daoguang seal mark and of the period.

The deep rounded sides supported on a straight foot. The exterior decorated with two incised five clawed dragons and two phoenix’s in pursuit of a flaming pearl, alternating with cloud motifs above a band of lappets.

The interior with a central roundel with an archaistic shou character. Diameter 11.5 cm.

Provenance: The collection of General Director Vilhelm Meyers. A prominent danish businessman who lived and worked in China during the years 1902–1935. He ran and owned the Andersen & Meyer Ltd, a company which at the time had about 25 000 employees.

Exhibitions: Compare a bowl of this type sold at Sotheby’s . Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 september 2015.

Literature: Christopher Bo Bramsen: The Director General: Vilhelm Meyer - a Danish businessman’s life in China.

Copenhagen: G.E.C. Gads Forlag, 1993. 381 pp.

Catalogue note: Strict regulations determined who was allowed to use what in the Imperial Court. This design with green dragons on a yellow ground was used by the Emperor’s concubines of the second rank at the Court.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 440 – 5 160

1093. A large porcelain figure of a Bodhisattva, Qing dynasty with Yongzheng mark.

Standing a top a lotus lappet base, crowned, holding a cup in her right hand, the left hand pointing downwards.

The face and body applied with gilt enamel, the deity with serene facial expression and the hair enamelled blue and partially falling over the shoulders, the rest swept into a high topknot and secured by an ornamental jewel worn behind the five-leaf crown, further adorned with jewelled necklaces, armbands and bracelets. The pedestal decorated in shades of pink with two tiers of overlapping lotus petals below against a turquoise ground, the hollow countersunk base pierced with a hole in the centre. Height with stand and brocade clad stand in total 66,5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate. From the private collection of Mrs Tåwe Jameson. Tåwe was a passionate collector who grew up in a home with parents who travelled Europe to buy art and antiques. Her interest was so great that she in soon decided to open an antique shop where she lived in Borås. Thence by descent.

Exhibitions: There are known altar sets of Buddhist emblems that also are decorated in these bright enamels. See for example a set sold at Sothebys, lot no 241, 244, 245, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 1990. There are also several known seated porcelain figures in the palace museum of Beijing. There are also several examples of seated figures of Buddha of this type in the Musee Guimee, Collection Ernest Grandidier. Compare a gilt-lacquer figure of Bodhisattva of this type, dated as Qing dynasty, Kangxi, sold at Sothebys, Important Chinese Art. 23 September 2020. New York. Lot no 618.

Catalogue note: The adoration of brightly colored deities has a very long tradition in Tibetan Buddhism and the wide color range available in the famille-rose palette made porcelain an ideal medium to create such Buddhist figures. However, the making of such figures required the highest level of workmanship due to the complicated modelling and repeated firings necessary to achieve the perfect result. Hence the number of figures produced remained small and were mainly for the temples of the imperial palace precincts. The present figure was likely one of a set commissioned for an imperial birthday or celebration.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 50 000 / EUR 3 440 – 4 300

1094. A large famille rose ‘Dayazhai’ Zhadou, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Compressed globular body rising from a short foot to a prominently flaring neck. The side marked Dayazhai (Studio of Great Elegance) and tiandi yijia chun (Springtime in Heaven and Earth, One Family). Decorated in famille rose with peonies, wisiteria, and other flowers. Height 28 cm. Diameter 26 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 580

1095. A pair of yellow glazed double happiness cups with butterflies, Qing dynasty, with Tongzhis four character mark to base.

Decorated in enamels with butterflies and the Chinese character for double happiness. Height 6.4 cm. Diameter 8.3 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private Estate.

Exhibitions: Compare a bowl, exhibited in the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, The Hong Kong Heritage Museum Exhibition on love over the festive period as Ceremony and Celebration: The Grand Weddings of the Qing Emperors. A fencai bowl with butterfly and Double Happiness motifs on yellow ground Tongzhi period (1862-1874).

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1096. A pair of enamelled pink ground plates, Qing dynasty, Guangxu mark and period (1875–1908).

Decorated with three roundels, painted and gilded depicting boys on buffalo, chrysanthemum sprays and riverside retreats in mountainous landscapes all against a bright pink ground. The back with five bats, and a shou character. Diameter 18.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Exhibitions: Compare one sold in these rooms, Bukowskis, sale 617, lot no 608, from the Collection of Erik Holmberg. Also compare a bowl and a dish of this design sold at Christies, Asian Art, 23 Mar 2006, lot no 2080.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1097. A large famille rose vase, Qing dynasty with Guangxu mark.

Brightly enamelled around the exterior of the globular body with four large panels decorated with antiques and precious objects reserved against a ‘mille fleur’ ground.

On the shoulder an enamelled lotus scroll. The tall waisted neck decorated with two further panels with flowers also against a ‘mille fleur’ ground. Then another band of blue enamel lotus scroll above a ruyi collar at the rim. Height 39.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased in the 1950’s in an antique shop, thence by descent within the family.

Estimate: SEK 80 000 – 100 000 / EUR 6 880 – 8 600

1098. A set of three famille rose miniature objects to the scholars desk, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Comprising; a porcelain censer with cover, height 9 cm.

A small cup with handles, length 7.5 cm. A box with cover, 4 x 4 x 4.5 cm. All painted in famille rose colours with figure scenes.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1099. A massive famille jaune charger, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

With Kangxi six character mark. Decorated in famille jaune colours with cranes in and around a gnarly pine tree. Diameter 53 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 860 – 1 290

1100. A pair of mirror black vases, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Rounded shoulder, brown glazed rim, mirror black glaze with gilded decoration with flowers. Height 24.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1101. A pair of gilded famille verte vases, late Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Of baluster shape, gilded decoration against a blue ground around four panels with vivid scenes from court life painted in famille verte colours. Height approx. 62.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 150 – 2 580

1101A. A Chinese vase, made in to a lamp late Qingdynasty/early 20th Century.

A blue glazed rectangular vase, handles in the elephant head ringhandles, gilded decoration, one side with antiques and precious objects, the other side with a pair of birds and a pair of deers in a garden setting. Height vase 28.5 cm. Height with mount and lamp shade 58 cm.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1102. A Chinese Canton candle holder, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

A standing elephant with a saddle cloth and a vase on its back that works as a candle holder.

Height 14.5 cm. Length 16 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1103. A pair of Bencharong stemcups/altar offering bowls, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

A center medallion decorated with a man by a barrel, further decorated with dragons chasing the flaming pearl, another band of lotus, all against a gilded ground. Diameter 12 cm. Height 6 cm.

Provenance: From the private collection of a Swedish family in Närke. The couple has a keen interest in art and antiques and started to collect in the 1960’s, attending auctions, antique shops, and antique fairs. Always seeking additional pieces that would adorn their home and that intrigued them with its quality and history. For other items sold from this collection, see Bukowskis sale 649 1020–1032.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1104. A pair of Chinese famille rose vases, 20th Century with seal mark in red.

Cylindrical shape, decorated in famille rose with birds in a garden in full bloom. Height 23.5 cm. One cover accompanies the lot. Height with cover 28 cm.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1105. A famille rose pot with cover, late Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Seal mark to base in red. Decorated in famille rose with flowers, a crane and a deer. Height 16 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 3 500 / EUR 260 – 300

1106. A large famille rose jardiniere, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Decorated in vibrant colours with figure scenes from court life. Length 38 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1106A. A famille rose Canton vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Baluster shape with handles in the shape of ladies, and with Qilin dragons by the shoulder. Decorated in vivid famille rose colours depicting scenes from court life. Height vase 43 cm. Height with mount as a lamp 50.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1107. A famille rose ‘100 boys’ dish, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Decorated in vivid colours with boys celebrating the dragon boat festival by engaging in various activities such as flying kites, playing instruments, dancing, marching all in a palace setting. Diameter 34. cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Catalogue note: The Dragon boat festival is a traditional Chinese holiday which occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or June in the Gregorian calendar. A commemoration of the ancient poet Qu Yuan, the holiday is celebrated by holding dragon boat races and eating sticky rice dumplings called zongzi. The Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival integrating worship of gods and ancestors, praying for good luck and warding off evil spirits, celebrating, entertainment and eating.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1108. A large famille rose dish, late Qing dynasty/early 20th Century.

Decorated in famille rose with Shou characters, magpies and flowers. Diameter 34.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1109. A famille rose leaf shaped dish, Qing dynasty.

Leaf shaped dish, decorated in famille rose with insects and flowers. Length 23.5 cm. Height with wooden stand 12 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis Sale 583, december 2014.

From the Collection of E Erikson. Svenskt Tenn.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1110. A pair of jardinieres, late Qing/early 20th Century.

Rectangular shape, decorated with fish in a pond. Dimensions 23.5 x 14.5 x 6.5 cm.

Provenance: From the private collection of a Swedish family in Närke. The couple has a keen interest in art and antiques and started to collect in the 1960’s, attending auctions, antique shops, and antique fairs.

Always seeking additional pieces that would adorn their home and that intrigued them with its quality and history. For other items sold from this collection, see Bukowskis sale 649 1020–1032.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1111. A Chinese mille fleur jar with cover, 20th Century, with Guangxu mark to base.

Six character mark to base. Decorated in famille rose colours with mille fleur flowers against a mint green sgraffito ground. Height 18 cm.

Provenance: Private Swedish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1112. A massive Chinese famille rose ‘mille fleur’ dish, 20th Century.

Decorated with flowers in brilliant enamels of yellow, green, lavender, and magenta with a dense bouquet of mixed flowers including chrysanthemum, hydrangea, pink, peony, magnolia, lotus, and lingzhi, all blooming against a ground of thick foliage in several tones of green. The reverse with floral sprigs and a seal mark in red.

Diameter 52 cm.

Literature: The dense arrangement of various flowers decorating this vase is known as wanhuajin (myriad flower brocade), as well as baihuadi (ground of one hundred flowers), and, according to T. T. Bartholomew in Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2006, p. 146, during the Qing dynasty the design conveyed the hope that the Qing dynasty “would last as long as flowers continue to bloom.”

Catalogue note: The ‘mille fleur’ decoration, meaning the “thousand flowers design” first appears in the late Yongzheng period - and becoming extremely popular during the Qianlong era, and was carried on throughout the Qing dynasty and well in to the Republic period. The design is thought to symbolize “all the flowers bestow their blessings”.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1113. A yellow glazed five clawed dragon dish, Republic, 20th century.

With apocryptical Ming mark in underglaze blue within double circle.

Decorated with a five clawed dragon amidst cloud formations chasing the flaming pearl. Diameter 22.8 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Art Director Ivar Björnberg (1934-2021). Growing up at Östermalm, Stockholm Ivar visited gallery viewings, auction viewings and antique shops with his parents and alone. It was during his visits to the antique dealers of Stockholm he became friends with the dealer Victoria Lindström, Grev Turegatan 28, Stockholm (she later moved her gallery to Riddargatan). He started to work extra at the gallery and had her as a mentor when starting his own collection. The collection is a academic one and it shows Mr Björnbergs taste and great passion for the aesthetics of Chinese Works of Art.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1114. A large blue and white kraak bowl, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1622).

Large with rounded sides, decorated with flowers and fruits. Central motif with a cricket on a rock in a garden in full bloom. Diameter approx. 32 cm.

Height 13.5 cm.

Provenance:From the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad (born 1936), Norway.

The couple built their collection over the decades. They started to collect in the early 1970’s after buying the first piece, a famille rose bowl, dating from the 18th Century. Mr Strømstads work at IBM brought the couple and their family to various places around the world and they built their vast academic collection of ceramics dating from the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty by visiting auction houses, antique dealers and antique fairs.

Always striving to acquire pieces form different epoques and constantly seeking more knowledge about the pieces, the techniques and their history. Strømstad label 470.

Exhibitions: For other items from this collection, see Sothebys, Asian Arts / 5000 Years.

18 April 2023. Paris. Lot no 1–39.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 150 – 2 580

1115. A massive blue and white kraak punch bowl, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1622).

Decorated in underglaze blue with birds and plants. Central scene with birds in a garden in full bloom. Diameter 36 cm. Height 17 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad (born 1936), Norway. The couple built their collection over the decades. They started to collect in the early 1970’s after buying the first piece, a famille rose bowl, dating from the 18th Century. Mr Strømstads work at IBM brought the couple and their family to various places around the world and they built their vast academic collection of ceramics dating from the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty by visiting auction houses, antique dealers and antique fairs. Always striving to acquire pieces form different epoques and constantly seeking more knowledge about the pieces, the techniques and their history.

Strömstad label 484. Purchased at Renasciemento, Lisboa.

Exhibitions: For other items from this collection, see Sothebys, Asian Arts / 5000 Years. 18 April 2023. Paris. Lot no 1–39.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 50 000 / EUR 3 440 – 4 300

1116. A blue and white kraak dish, Ming dynasty, 17th Century.

Decorated in blue and white with scholars sitting on rock formations surrounded by pine tree, bamboo and cherry blossoms. Central panel with a riverscape. Diameter 31.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad (born 1936), Norway. The couple built their collection over the decades.

They started to collect in the early 1970’s after buying the first piece, a famille rose bowl, dating from the 18th Century. Mr Strømstads work at IBM brought the couple and their family to various places around the world and they built their vast academic collection of ceramics dating from the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty by visiting auction houses, antique dealers and antique fairs. Always striving to acquire pieces form different epoques and constantly seeking more knowledge about the pieces, the techniques and their history.

Exhibitions: For other items from this collection, see Sothebys, Asian Arts / 5000 Years. 18 April 2023. Paris.

Lot no 1–39.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1117. A blue and white kraak dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

Decorated in underglaze blue with flowers. Diameter 21.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector, purchased in Stockholm in 1964. Receipt accompanies the bowl.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1118. A blue and white dish, Ming dynasty, late 15th Century/early 16th Century.

Decorated in blue and white with an intricate floral pattern. In the center a roundel with a conchshell. The exterior decorated with a continuous lotus scroll. Diameter 33 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Tove and Karl Emil Strømstad (born 1936), Norway. The couple built their collection over the decades. They started to collect in the early 1970’s after buying the first piece, a famille rose bowl, dating from the 18th Century. Mr Strømstads work at IBM brought the couple and their family to various places around the world and they built their vast academic collection of ceramics dating from the Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty by visiting auction houses, antique dealers and antique fairs. Always striving to acquire pieces form different epoques and constantly seeking more knowledge about the pieces, the techniques and their history. Strømstad label 15.

Purchased at Portobello Road 1985. From Mr W v Halm.

Exhibitions: For other items from this collection, see Sothebys, Asian Arts / 5000 Years.

18 April 2023. Paris. Lot no 1–39.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1119. A blue and white Transitional jardiniere, 17th Century.

Rounded sides, decorated with a riverscape by tall mountains. Height 14.5 cm. Diameter by opening 19 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1120. A blue and white censer, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Round, with a flared rim, archaistic decoration with taothiemasks and meanderfrieze. Diameter 23,5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1121. A pair of blue and white vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of baluster shape, decorated in relief, four panels with peonies, lotus, chrysantemum and cherry blossom.

Height 33.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 580 – 4 300

1122. A blue and white tea pot with cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Shaped like a flower bud, decorated in vivid underglaze blue with flowers. Length 16 cm. Height 9 cm.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 150

1123. A blue and white jar, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Ovoid shape, unglazed neck, decorated with underglaze blue with three elegant ladies of the court and a group of boys in a garden setting. Height 23 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1124. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of baluster shape, with a tall neck with slightly flared rim, decorated in underglaze blue with two phoenix birds amidst cloud formations.

Artemisia leaf to base. Height 20 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1125. A blue and white tea pot, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Pierced sides, decorated in underglaze blue with scrolling flowers. Height 15.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1126. A blue and white dragon censer, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in vibrant underglaze blue with two four clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. Diameter 22 cm. Height 12.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private collection.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 150

1127. A large blue and white dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated with a central motif of a flower basket filled with flowers, around the rim further flowers depicted in a garden with a garden rock. Diameter 38 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1128. A pair of blue and white vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

A bulb shaped cup on a flared foot, decorated in underglaze blue with scenes for gardens in full bloom. Has originally had covers. Height 13.5 cm.

Provenance: From the private collection of a Swedish family in Närke. The couple has a keen interest in art and antiques and started to collect in the 1960’s, attending auctions, antique shops, and antique fairs. Always seeking additional pieces that would adorn their home and that intrigued them with its quality and history. For other items sold from this collection, see Bukowskis sale 649 1020–1032.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1128A. A pair of blue and white cups, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).

Decorated in relief, and in underglaze blue. Height 7.1 cm.

Diameter 8.2 cm. Wooden stand accompanies the set.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 260 – 350

1129. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of trumpet shape, decorated in an archaistic bronze pattern with painted mascaron handles. Height 24 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 260 – 350

1130. A set of eight blue and white dinner plates, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in underglaze blue with flowers and grapevine. Diameter 23 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1131. A large blue and white basin, Qing dynasty, early 18th Century.

Decorated in underglaze blue with deers, a crane and a boy with a water buffalo in a garden.

Around the inner motif a further decoration in over glaze blue. Diameter 38.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1132. A blue and white jar with cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated with chrysanthemum. Height 15 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private estate.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1132A. An iron red and underglaze blue vase, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Of flattened baluster shape, handles in the shape of stylized dragons. The vase is decorated in underglaze blue and red with mythical creatures in a garden under a full moon. The sides of the vase with rabbits under a moon. The top section is decorated with antiques and precious objects. Height 29.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1133. A pair of large chargers, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th Century.

Decorated in relief with a cloud scroll, and in underglaze blue with squirrels amidst bamboo and grapevine.

Diameter 35 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Estate. From the private collection of Mrs Tåwe Jameson. Tåwe was a passionate collector who grew up in a home with parents who travelled Europe to buy art and antiques. Her interest was so great that she soon decided to open an antique shop where she lived in Borås. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1134. A pair of blue and white bowls, Qing dynasty with Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723–35).

Decorated with a continuous floral scroll below a band of swastikas, the base with a six character mark within double circle. Diameter 10.2 cm.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1135. A pair of blue and white bowls, Qing dynasty with Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723–35).

Decorated with a continuous floral scroll below a band of swastikas, the base with a six character mark within double circle. Diameter 10.2 cm.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1136. A pair of blue and white chestnut baskets, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Oval with handles and pierced sides, decorated in underglaze blue. Length 26 cm.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1137. A blue and white dinner service, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95). (90 pieces).

Decorated in underglaze blue with deers and a water buffalo in a riverscape setting. Comprising; 51 dinner plates (diameter 22 cm), 21 soup dishes (diameter 22 cm), two round serving dishes (diameter 27 cm), 11 octagonal serving dishes (length 26–41 cm), three sauce boats (length 24 cm), tureen with cover and stand (length 36 cm), a tureen stand, (length 36.5 cm).

Provenance: From the Collection of Carl Kempe. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 60 000 – 80 000 / EUR 5 160 – 6 880

1138. A pair of blue and white salts, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

After a European silver model in Rococo, standing on three feet, decorated in a vivid underglaze blue colour. Diameter widest part 8 cm. Diameter opening 7 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1139. A blue and white Chinese Export tray, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

After a European silver model, decorated in underglaze blue with a riverscape with figures before a fenced pavilion. Length 48 cm.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1140. A blue and white dinner service, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95). (70 pieces).

Decorated in underglaze blue with birds in a lotus pond. Comprising; 23 dinner plates (diameter 23 cm), 24 soup dishes (diameter 23 cm), 15 large plates (diameter 27 cm), 4 plates (diameter 25 cm), a serving dish (diameter 29 cm), a serving dish (diameter 32.5 cm), a serving dish (diameter 38 cm), A tureen with cover, (height 28 cm, length handle to handle 25,5).

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 150 – 2 580

1141. A famille rose bowl, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in famille rose with quails in a garden setting, the interior with further decoration with peonies, cherry blossom and chrysantemum. Diameter 23 cm.

Literature: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1142. A blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

A pillow shaped bowl decorated in blue and white with flowers in a garden. Measure 25 x 24.5 cm.

Height 13 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1143. A pair of armorial dinner plates, Qing dynasty, 18th Century.

Decorated with a pair of entwined cranes with a cricket in their beaks. Around the rim a garland with flowers and mussels.

The rim with a relief of scrolling peonies. Diameter 22.5 cm.

Provenance: Possibly commissioned for the wedding between Claes Grill (1705-1767) – and his cousin Anna Johanna Grill in 1737. Claes Grill was one of the most powerful men in Sweden during the 18th Century. He was a director of the Swedish East-India Company, owner of Sweden’s leading merchant house Claes & Carolos Grill, their trade involved shipping, co-owner of a sail and linen manufactory, glassworks, shipyards, a bank and he owned a line of mines and estates. This theory is based on dating of the porcelain and the similarity with a Yongzheng mark and period pieces. But there is also a possibility that the service was made for Adolph Ulric (1752-1797) som 1778 who marries his cousin Anna Johanna (III) (1753-1809), in 1778. If so it might be designed by Jean Eric Rehn. The Grill family derives from a Dutch noble family and was not introduced in Sweden. They used the crane with a cricket in its beak as their coat of arms. The enlaced cranes on the service carries the thoughts to the alliance between the two members of the Grill family.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1144. A blue and white armorial serving dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Octagonal, decorated in underglaze blue with the coat of arms of Laroche with Yeomansin pretence. Length 32.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a Swedish private collection.

This service was commissioned for James Laroche, who married in 1764 Elizabeth Rachel Ann, daughter of William Yeomans of Antiqua. The service was made before he received his baronetcy in 1776.

Literature: David Sancturay Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, see page 587. R2.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1145. A blue and white Chinese Export ‘hunting’ dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in underglaze blue with a set of hounds that has chased an animal up in a tree. Diameter 14 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1146. A blue and white famille rose Export porcelain bowl, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Pillowshaped, decorated in underglaze blue and famille rose with the monogram JB within a rose medallion.

Measurement 24 x 24 x 13.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1147. A blue and white tray, Qing dynasty, circa 1800.

Rectangular tray, decorated in underglaze blue with flowers. Measurement 32 x 19.5 x 5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1148. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Of baluster shape, ring handles, and a figure scene from court life. Height 25 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1149. A blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty with Qianlong Mark.

The exterior in a deep blue glaze, the interior decorated with a continuous lotus scroll. Diameter 15 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector. Purchased from Vald. Sjöberg, Konst - och Antikhandel, Regeringsgatan 52, Stockholm. Receipt accompanies the piece.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1150. A massive blue and white jardiniere, late Qing dynasty with Daouguang seal mark.

The well-potted body with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly recessed base, the exterior painted in vibrant and rich cobalt-blue tone. Decorated around the exterior with two five-clawed dragons reaching for ‘flaming pearls’ amidst cloud formations, all above tempestuous intricately decorated foaming waves. By the rim a band of ruyi-heads. The base inscribed with sealmark that reads ‘Da Qing Daoguang nian zhi (‘Made in the reign of the Daoguang emperor of the Great Qing’). Diameter by inner rim 28.5 cm. Diameter widest part 50 cm. Height 34 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Gun Kessle and Jan Myrdal, Fagersta.

Exhibitions: Compare also lot 56, Bonhams, Fine Chinese Art, 7 November 2013. A jardinere of an earlier period and other shape, but of the same type of painting. Compare also, Chrisite’s, lot 3024, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 27 Nov 2019, Hong Kong.

Literature: See examples of larger and earlier vessels with a similar dragon decoration in John Ayers, Chinese an Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, China - Wares of the Qing dynasty ( 1 6 4 4 – 1 9 1 1 ). Page 203. Item no 423. It can also bee seen on the Collection web site. Inventory no RCIN 78436.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 75 000 / EUR 4 300 – 6 450

1151. A blue and white bronze shaped vase with mythical creatures, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Baluster shape, decorated with mascaron handles and mythical creatures in a vibrant blue colour.

Height 29.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, June 2011.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1151A. A blue and white ‘longevity’ bowl, Qing dynasty, seal mark and period of Daoguang (1820-1850).

Painted around the body with four ruyi-bordered roundels, enclosing four stylised characters reading Wanshou Wujiang (boundless long life), surrounded by lotus scrolls below a band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, the interior decorated with a central roundel of a stylised shou character encircled by a further band of emblems. The base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 18,5 cm. Height 10 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with a similar bold sold at Sotheby’s, Important Chinese Art 21 September 2022, New York, lot 383. Compare also with a pair sold at Bonhams, lot 157, Fine Chinese Art 3 November 2022.

Estimate: SEK 75 000 – 100 000 / EUR 6 450 – 8 600

1152. A pair of blue and white moon flasks, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Round flattened shape with qilin dragon handles, decorated with musicians and performers in a garden setting. Height 30 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1153. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

Of baluster shape, decorated with a scene with the immortals by a large pine tree, a crane hoovering above amidst cloud formations.

Height 31.5 cm.

Provenance: From the private collection of a Swedish family in Närke. The couple has a keen interest in art and antiques and started to collect in the 1960’s, attending auctions, antique shops, and antique fairs. Always seeking additional pieces that would adorn their home and that intrigued them with its quality and history. For other items sold from this collection, see Bukowskis sale 649 1020–1032.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1154. A blue and white jardiniere, late Qing dynasty.

With Qianlong mark in underglaze blue. Rounded sides, decorated with two fierce five clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations above foaming waves. Diameter opening 17 cm.

Diameter widest part 26 cm. Height 16.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 290 – 1 720

1155. A blue and white dish, late Qing dynasty/circa 1900.

Decorated in underglaze blue, depicting a scene from court life with boys in a procession. Diameter 41 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1156. A pair of blue and white Kangxi style dishes, 19th Century.

Lobed, deep, decorated in underglaze blue with figure scenes with elegant ladies of the court in a garden setting with cherry blossom. Diameter 20.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1157. A blue and white Korean vase, Joseon (1392–1894).

Rounded with a tall neck, decorated in underglaze blue with bamboo and a crane amidst cloud formations. Height 22 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1158. A white glazed Korean vase, Joseon (1392–1897).

Of baluster shape with flared mouth. Height 21.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1159. An historical Atlas over China, 19th Century after Nagakubo Sekisui (1717–1801).

1 volume in yellow paper covered binding. Containing 13 double-page colour woodblock maps, red seal to title. Measurement 24 x 36 cm (book). Maps folded out 36 x 47.5 cm. This Japanese historical atlas contains 13 maps of China, tracing Chinese history. 12 of which show the geographic extent of various Chinese Dynasties. Maps include the Ming Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Yuan, Qin, Three Warring States, Eastern Han and others. There is also one map of the North East Asian region, showing China, Korea and Japan. It provides an overview of the “various provinces of China divided and sorted by different generations. The atlas lists not only the distance between cities in China but also the eight different seaways from Japan to China and their distances.

Literature: First published in 1789, two editions of this atlas were published in 1835, with the final edition in 1857. Ref: Kazutaka Unno, Mapping Japan, 1998, ch. 11, accessed via University of Chicago Press website; nagakubosekisui.org.

Catalogue note: The Confucian scholar Sekisu Nagakubo (1717-1801) was greatly inspired by the world map published in China in 1602 by the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) for the Emperor of China Ming Shenzong. From about 1614 onwards, Japan increasingly established a policy of seclusion from the rest of the world - carefully controlling trading contacts - which lasted to the mid-nineteenth century; knowledge of the outside world ossified, so Japanese cartographers had to rely on early seventeenth century maps to portray their world-view.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 030 – 1 290

1160. Withdrawn

1161. Ohara Koson (Japan, 1877–1945) A colour wood block print by Ohara Koson, (1877–1945), ‘Heron under moon’ Japan.

Signed Koson, Seal Koson, published by Kokkeido, Kokkeido seal. Measurement print Naga-oban 21 x 50 cm.

Measurement with frame 34 x 63.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collection. Purchased at Kitano Oriental Art, Karlavägen 22, Stockholm. From the exhibition Kacho-e 19th Nov-8th December 2002.

Literature: Amy Reigle Newland, Jan Perrée, Robert Schaap; Crows, Cranes & Camellias, the natural world of Ohara Koson 1877–1945. A print like this is depicted on page 42. The book accompanies the print.

Catalogue note: In Japan, herons are appreciated for their graceful movement and have long been a favourite subject for Japanese artists.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 690 – 860

1162. A three piece Japanese silver ‘dragon’ tea set, Signed 三代目 大島, third generation Oshima, early 20th Century.

Signed with makers/studio mark and marked - jungin (pure silver).

Comprising teapot, covered sugar bowl and creamer, the teapot embossed and chased in high relief with a dragon which encircles the pot and continues to form the spout with well-modelled dragon-head.

Height handle up 20 cm. Weight 483 gram. The creamer and sugar embossed to match, three-dimensional dragon handles. Height sugar bowl with cover 11 cm. Weight 399 gram. Height creamer 9.5 cm.

Weight 219 gram.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 720 – 2 150

1163. Withdrawn

1163A. A Japanese silver basket, early 20th Century.

After an ikebana basket model with wide loop handle.

Height with handle 45 cm. Width widest part 35 cm.

Weight 1520.3 gram.

Provenance: From the collection of a Scandinavian nobleman, who had a long diplomatic career starting, in the 1920s as a young attache in China, later on as ambassador in China.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 520 – 690

1164. A Japanese bronze Mokkogata Tsuba, Edo period (1666–1868).

Of rectangular shape with corners in the shape of magatamas (a symbol for longevity). Decorated with mon symbols (family crests) in high relief with inlays of copper alloy, highlighted in gold and silver against a fine ground.

Measurement 7.4 x 7.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector. Purchased in 2005, at the Älvsjö Antique Fair, Stockholm.

Catalogue note: The tsuba was an essential part of the Japanese sword, the tsuba or handguard protected the samurai’s hand. Tsuba artisans soon produced ornamental styles, which became family heirlooms. Most of these designs reflect the mythology, legends, customs, religion, and artistic side of Japan. When Japan entered the more peaceful Edo period, from 1603 to 1867, the tsuba became more of an artwork rather than functional tools of war. Without battles to fight, the samurai favored more elaborate designs inspired by mythology, nature, and religion. In this time period, the most complex and ornate sword guards were produced by tsuba artisans also started to sign their works.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 350 – 520

1165. A Japanese incense burner with cover and liner, 19th Century.

Tripod with a finial in the shape of a fierce Buddhist lion, handles in the shape of two lions, the doomed cover is pierced and can be lifted off to reveal a liner. Height 28 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

1166. A Japanese bronze sculpture of a samurai warrior, presumably Taisho, or later. Signed.

Height 24.5 cm. Height with wooden stand 35 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 12 000 / EUR 860 – 1 030

1167. A Japanese bronze box with cover, Meiji period (1868–1912). Signed.

Decorated with a bird of pray in a blossoming tree. Diameter 13.2 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 430 – 610

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