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1013. A fine carved lacquer box and cover with tianqi lacquer inset boxes and covers, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736-95). 1014. A turquoise glazed vase, zun, Qing dynasty with a Qianlong incised seal mark and of the period. 1040. A blue and white ’Western Chamber’ brush pot, Bitong, Qing dynasty, early Kangxi (1662-1722). 1086. A yellow ground green enamelled ‘dragon’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). 1140. A blue and white ‘sanduo’ lobed bowl, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723-35). 1168. A copper red glazed dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period (1736-95). 1179. A powder blue cup, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723-35). 1259. A cloisonne enamel meiping vase, Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century. 1341. A rare large blue and white ‘five clawed dragon’ dish, Qing dynasty with Kangxi mark and of the preriod (1662-1722). 1349. A blue and white ‘makhara dragon bowl’, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).

Back cover: 1248. A Mongolian Gilt Bronze Figure of Buddha, Zanabazar school, 18th century.

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LOT 1190. A set of three bolts of silk with ‘five clawed dragons’ angaist a midnight blue ground, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

N O 669 | ASIAN SALE

BUKOWSKIS | DECEMBER 12 , 2025

The Collection of Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg

Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865–1937), Stockholm, and thence by descent within the family. Gustaf O. Wallenberg was a Swedish businessman, diplomat and active politician. He was the son of André Oscar Wallenberg, founder of Stockholm Enskilda Bank (today’s Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, known as SEB). After a career in the Swedish Navy he turned to the business world and was active in improving the transoceanic shipping industry.

Wallenberg was Sweden’s Envoy to Tokyo between 1907–1918. In April 1907 he travelled to Beijing to amend the Treaty of Canton (1847) between Sweden-Norway and China and to establish diplomatic relations between S weden and the Qing Court. As the Swedish Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Peking, he successfully negotiated and signed with Lien Fang, the Guangxu Emperor’s High Commissioner Plenipotentiary and Senior Vice-President of the Wai Wu Pu, the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between S weden and China, which was signed in Beijing on 2 July 1908, with an additional article signed on 24 May 1909.

The collection was acquired between 1907 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoy in Tokyo, and possibly during his diplomatic service in China. Documents preserved at the Östasiatiska Museum in Stockholm d emonstrate the importance of Gustaf Wallenberg and his extensive connections with the Qing government to the Swedish engineers and businessmen who were in China during this period, such as Johan Gunnar Andersson, Osvald Siren, Orvar Karlbeck, Erik Nordstrom and many more.

Gustaf Wallenberg was the grandfather of Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (1912–1945), an architect, businessman, and diplomat. Raoul Wallenberg has been designated by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among Nations, as well as having many monuments and streets named after him in honour of him saving thousands of Jewsin Germanoccupied Hungary during the Second World War, while serving as Sweden’s Special Envoy in Buda p est.

As he lost his father the same year he was born, he was brought up also by his grandfather Gustaf Wallenberg, with the Chinese porcelain collection around him, inheriting part of the collection when his grandfather passed away in 1937. He died at a time un k nown between 1945 and 1947, further to his detention in Budapest by General Malinovsky in 1944, and arrest by the Soviet authorities. Further to his disappearance his part of the Chinese collection was deposited at the Östasiatiska Museum in Stockholm, and later released to the family.

Gustaf O Wallenberg (1865–1937).

1013. A fine carved lacquer box and cover with tianqi lacquer inset boxes and covers, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Lobed, the cover is well carved on the top with an intricate floral scroll. The sides of the box and cover are carved with a continuous panel containing various flowering branches such as cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, lotus, peonies as well as with lingzhi and butterflies. The cover opens to reveal a black lacquer fitted tray that accommodate five fitted lacquer boxes with covers. The interior and base lacquered black. Length 22.5 cm. Width 14.5 cm. Height 8.5 cm.

Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865–1937), Stockholm, and thence by descent within the family.

Exhibitions: Compare with boxes of this type in the Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Object Number 中漆 000074N000000000. Compare also in the same museum combined lacquer and tianqi lacquer sets with small containers in side like this one, Object Number 中漆 000096N000000000.

Estimate: SEK 150 000 – 200 000 / EUR 13 640 – 18 190

1014. A turquoise glazed vase, zun, Qing dynasty with a Qianlong incised seal mark and of the period.

After an archaistic bronze model, Zun. The vase is incised at the shoulder with a band of confronted kui dragons on a leiwen ground, between pendent taotie mask lappets on the body and upright keyfret lappets on the neck, all under a brillliant turquoise glaze that also covers the interior and the base. Height 26 cm.

Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865–1937), Stockholm, and thence by descent within the family.

Exhibitions: For another turquoise glazed vas in another bronze shape from the Qianlong period, see Christies, lot no 3052. 1 DEC 2010 | Live auction 2832, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. For another turquoise glazed vas in another bronze shape from the Qianlong period, see Sothebys, lot no 3145. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Hong Kong, October 8th 2013.

Literature: Soame Jenyns in Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, p. 60, mentions that a stone tablet was excavated at Jingdezhen in 1915 titled ‘Orders and Memoranda on Porcelain’ in which Tang Ying, Superintendent at the Imperial Kilns at Jingdezhen, discusses his efforts to simulate bronze vessels.

Catalogue note: The present vase is a fine example of innovative glazes that were being developed during the Qianlong period and were applied to popular archaic shapes of early bronzes.

Estimate: SEK 300 000 – 500 000 / EUR 27 280 – 45 460

The label ‘Wallenbergs dep’, is from when this vase and other objects from the personal collection of Mr Raoul Wallenberg was kept at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm until released to the family when Raoul Wallenberg was declared dead.

1015. A red glazed bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Rounded sides with an everted rim, glazed in a deep copper red glaze that shifts to white by the rim. Diameter 19 cm. Height 8 cm.

Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865–1937), Stockholm, and thence by descent within the family.

Exhibitions: Compare a bowl of this type in the Musee Guimet, Paris, Inventory no G 1954. Compare also a bowl of this type in the British Museum, Museum number PDF,C.511. Compare also a bowl of this type in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1879. Object Number: 79.2.793.

Literature: Medley 1973 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch’ing Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (p.61, no.C511) Scott 1989 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art(p.62, no.C511).

Catalogue note: The skills used to create these extraordinary red glazes were lost in China from the mid-fifteenth century until they were rediscovered in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The glaze has ‘crept’ at the rim of the dish to reveal the pure whiteness of the porcelain body and the rim is bound in copper.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1016. An copper-red glazed bowl, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723–35).

The deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot, the exterior covered in a deep red glaze thinning to white towards the rim and stopping neatly around the foot. A six-character Yonzheng mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. Diameter 11.7 cm.

Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865–1937), Stockholm, and thence by descent within the family.

Catalogue note: This bowl is notable for its vibrant copper-red glaze and its even tone which accentuates the graceful curves of its elegant form. A notoriously difficult pigment to fire, the use of copper was largely abandoned after the 15th century as the slightest irregularity in any stage of the production resulted in an undesirable and uneven color. Yet, with the technical advances made at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen from the early Qing dynasty onwards, by the 18th century, potters were able to accomplish a previously unattained command over the pigment to successfully create a number of monochrome vessels with a strong and even red tone, such as the present bowl.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1017. A group of five coral-red-ground famille-rose ‘Imperial wedding’ wares, Qing dynasty, Tongzhi period.

The interior decorated with the character for double happiness in gold against a coral red ground. The exterior decorated with four roundels with a dragon and a phoenix all against a ground with flowers and butterflies against a coral ground. Four characters in red. Diameter 9 cm.

Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865–1937), Stockholm, and thence by descent within the family).

Exhibitions: Compare a large set sold at Sothebys, lot 543. Important Chinese Art, 19 September 2023, New York.

Catalogue note: This extraordinary assemblage adorned with dragons and phoenixes is believed to have been produced as part of the famous ‘Wedding Set’ of porcelains commissioned for the marriage of the Tongzhi Emperor in 1872. The preparation for the wedding, including commissions for the porcelain, began in 1867, but the quality of the first shipment was well below Cixi’s standard. It was not until the year of the wedding that the imperial kiln submitted works that were deemed satisfactory. The works in the present service are replete with auspicious designs of marital harmony. The dragon and phoenix, representative of the emperor and empress, are separated by double xi (happiness) characters, repeated to the interiors. Some of the pieces in the service are inscribed ‘Yanxi tonghe’, a phrase that combines the palaces names for the Tongzhi Emeror’s empress and consort in the Forbidden City. As Ying-Chen Peng argues in this catalogue (p. 68), the presence of ‘Changchun tongqing’ (jointly celebrating eternal spring) inscriptions may also suggest they were commissioned for a wedding banquet to be held in Changchungong, within the Forbidden City.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 75 000 / EUR 4 550 – 6 820

1018. A pair of turquoise ground ‘baijiaxiang’ cups, Qing dynasty with seal mark in red. Rounded sides that rises from a short footrim, slightly everted rim. Decorated in grisaille against a turquoise ground. With a three-character Dayazhai mark, a five-character Tiandi yi jia chun oval seal mark, the base with a four-character Yongqing changchun mark, all in iron red. Diameter 14 cm. Wooden stands accompanies the pieces.

Provenance: Gustaf Oscar Wallenberg (1865–1937), Stockholm, and thence by descent within the family.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1019. A cloisonne ‘lotus’ vase, Meiping, late Ming dynasty, 17th century.

Surmounted by a short neck decorated with a band of flowers above a blue-lappet border, the swelling body with a classic lotus flower and scrolling foliage design against a turquoise ground, all above a petal border. Height 26,5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a vase sold at Christies, 21–22 August 2019 | Live auction 17423, lot 149.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 280 – 2 730

1020. A cloisonne enamel archaistic faceted vase, Fanghu, late Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Each facet of the pear-shaped body decorated with a large taotie mask below bands of archaistic animals and dragon-filled leaf tips, all within borders of florets, with horses striding atop waves on the flared pedestal foot, the shoulder applied with a pair of metal lion-mask and loose ring handles. Height 28,5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1021. A cloisonne ‘mythical beast’ bowl, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The deep rounded sides resting on short foot and rising to an everted rim, decorated around the exterior with four multi-coloured lions frolicking among turquoise clouds chasing auspicious objects, the interior centred with a leaping carp surrounded by scrolling lotus and buddhist emblems. Diameter 24 cm. Height 12 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare Sothebys, lot 647, Chinese Art 01 June 2015 • Hong Kong. Compare also Sothebys, lot 92. Important Chinese Art. 1 November 2023• London.

Literature: Compare also one at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Credit Line: Gift of Edward G. Kennedy, 1929 Object Number: 29.110.38.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 280 – 2 730

1022. An archaistic cloisonné enamel vase, Gu, late Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The vase is cast of archaistic gu form/square section with flanges on the corners, decorated around the bulging mid-section with stylized taotie masks. The lower and upper sections are similarly decorated with stylized phoenix and further lotus sprays borne on tendrils. The interior of the mouth is further decorated with a lotus scroll. Height 34 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1023. A parcel gilt/gold splashed bronze vase, Gu, 17/18th century.

Inspired by Shang dynasty prototypes, the vessel is cast in low relief, the trumpet neck with four upright leaves above a band of taotie masks to the swelling mid section, and the flared foot with another band of taotie masks. Height 27 cm. Weight c. 4000 grams.

Inscription to interior.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 640 – 5 460

1024. An archaistic bronze vase, Gu, late Ming dynasty/ early Qing dynasty.

Cast around the midsection and spreading foot with taotie masks, and on the flared neck with a band of confronted stylized animals beneath upright lappets, all reserved on a leiwen ground and divided by notched flanges, the bronze with brownish patina. Height 34.5 cm. Weight 2998 gram.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1025. A large archaistic bronze vase, Zhadou, Qing dynasty. A compressed baluster shape with a waisted neck and flared rim, two mascaron handles, an archaistic decoration around the sides with sylized dragons and taothie masks. Height 30 cm. Diameter by rim 28 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1026. A bronze sculpture of Liu Hai, Qing dynasty, 19th century. The standing sculpture is depicting Liuhai holding a vessel in one hand with his three legged toad by his feet. Height with accompanying wooden stand 28.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Catalogue note: Initially derived from Taoist fairy stories from the Yuan dynasty and regarded as folklore, Liu Hai and Toad became a symbol of wealth and prosperity and a much sought-after motif not only in all ancient Chinese works of art.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1028. A ‘floral’ enamel och copper bowl with cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Decorated in blue enamel against a white ground with a continuous lotus scroll. Signature to base, that reads Guan Shun He Zao. Diameter 24 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1029. A black lacquer and mother of pearl tray, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Of square shape, the base of the interior finely inlaid with a scene of figures in a landscape setting with tall mountains, lofty pine and Chinese pavillions. Measure 40 x 40 x 3 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a smaller tray of this type in the British Museum, Registration number 1974,0226.65.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 3 500 / EUR 280 – 320

1030. A wooden sculpture of Guanyin with metal inlay, Qing dynasty. The graceful, standing figure has a serene expression and wears layered robes inlaid in wire, the hair, is drawn up into a topknot secured by a ruyi hair pin. Height 44 cm. An European ‘chinoiserie’ stand accompanies the piece. Measure stand 38.5 cm. Width 22.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collector.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1031. A Japanese lacquer writing box, Meiji period (1868–1912).

Leaf shaped, decorated in relief with three men bearing gifts. The interior with a wooden tray holding an inkstone and a water dropper. Length 24 cm. Width 18 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1032. A carved pale celadon coloured nephrite belt buckle and a brush washer, Qing dynasty.

The belt buckle sculptured as an infinity symbol, measure 9 x 4 cm. The brushwasher sculptured as a lotus leaf with lotus buds, measure 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1033. A well sculptured pale green and russet coloured nephrite vase with cover, 20th century. The vase of baluster shape, decorated in relief placed on a rock formation by a blossoming flowers and birds. Height 17 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1034. A pottery figure of a lady, Han dynasty (220 BC-206 AD).

Depicting a standing courtesan with her hands pressed to her chest. Height 28.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

1035. Three Chinese famille verte figures of lauging boys ‘Hehe Erxian’, 18th century.

A matched set. Heavily potted figures of a boy, standing on a plinth and holding a vase containing a lotus bud and leaf, each colourfully enamelled in famille verte colour scheme. The solid stand is decorated with peony flowers and has a flat unglazed base. Height 22–28 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a figure of this type in the British Museum, Registration number 1957,1216.11. Donated by: A D Passmore.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1036. A large wucai bowl, 17th century.

Heavily potted with rounded sides on a tall foot, decorated in the enamels green, yellow, red and blue. Diameter 28 cm. Height 11.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1037. A famille verte bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Rounded sides, anhua decorated with a lotus pond, decorated in famille verte colours with flowers and insects. Diameter 25 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with an almost identical bowl in the Royal Dresden Porzellan Collection; Museum Inventory Number; PO 4604. Johanneum mark/Palace

Number; N 166.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1038. A famille verte ‘flower basket’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in famille verte with a central motif of a large pierced flower basket containing peony, lotus and chrysanthemum, the rim has a diaper border with floral sprays, antiques and precious objects. Diameter 27.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Literature: Another dish decorated with elaboral floral arrangement in a rather eccentric openwork basket is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collectio nof Tresures of the Palace Museum - 38- Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong 1999. P 126. no 116..

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1039. A blue and white ‘four clawed dragon’ vase, 17th century. Trumpet shaped, decorated in underglaze blue with a fierce four clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. Height 43 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

Finely potted with gently curving sides, the exterior skilfully painted with a continuous scene in underglaze blue with a scene from the drama “Xi Xiang Ji” (Romance of the western chamber) Zhang Sheng and Yingying part. (Part IV, Act III), all between decorative borders. Height 15 cm. Diameter approximately 20 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a brushpot of this type sold at Bonhams from The Marsh Collection: Art for the Literati (Part IV). 6 November 2025, London, New Bond Street, lot no 19. Compare with a brush pot of this type of painting sold at Sothebys, lot 33, L12215 07 November 2012 • London. Compare also one sold at Chrisites, lot no 1279. 22 MAR 2012 | Live auction 2648 Auspicious Treasures for Scholars and Emperors: Selections from the Robert H. Blumenfield Collection.

Literature: Qing porcelain. Se page 27, a brush pot of this type, Beurdelay and Raindre discusses that this type of decoration is often attributed to Master of the Rocks, however this is not the work of an individual artist, but rather a generic term characterizing the style of several porcelain painters of the early Kangxi period prior to 1683.

Catalogue note: Brushpots and scrollpots are implements for the scholar’s desk and the present example embodies the fresh and unique form that characterize the 17th century ceramics.

Estimate: SEK 80 000 – 120 000 / EUR 7 280 – 10 910

1041. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of baluster shape, decorated in underglaze blue with bird in a garden setting. Height 20 cm.

Height with wooden cover 21.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1042. A fine blue and white bowl with molded panels, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Thinly potted with a foliate rim and ogival panels in low relief to its deep curving walls. Decorated around the exterior with elegant ladies in a palace garden. The interior with buddhist emblems and to the centre a scholar reading under the full moon. With an apocryphal Chenghua mark to base.

Diameter 21 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1043. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Pear shaped with an elongated neck, decorated in underglaze blue with a riverscape. Height 20 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1044. A blue and white ‘fish’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Lobed, deep, decorated in underglaze blue with a crab and fishes in a pond with sea wead. Diameter 27.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a dish of this type in the British Museum, Franks.780. Acquisition name Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks.

Literature: Regina Krahl, John Ayers: Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Vol III, compare with a dish like this one illustrated on page 1023.

Estimate: SEK 7 000 – 8 000 / EUR 640 – 730

1045. A large blue and white vase, Yenyen, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

With a tall neck and flared rim, decorated in underglaze blue with an elderly sage seated in an interior receiving a visitor, the garden terrace extending around the baluster body to include plantain, rockwork and clouds, which is repeated on the tall flaring neck together with the sage and attendants standing by a table with a buddai sculpture. Height 46.5 cm.

19th century.

Rectangular baluster shape, decorated in underglaze blue with a landscape with figures. Height 21 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

Property of a private Finnish collection. SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1047. A large blue and white ‘dragon’ charger, late Qing dynasty/Republic with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark.

The wide vessel with curved sides rising to a flat everted rim, the interior painted in deep underglazeblue with a large central roundel enclosing a writhing five-clawed dragon confronting the viewer headon, reaching for a shou medallion, surrounded by scrolling clouds and flames, the deep cavetto with four smaller dragons striding among clouds and flames, all below the band of cresting waves on the rim, the exterior painted with elaborate wavesbreaking against five rockwork mountains, all atop a short foot, the recessed base with a six-character mark within a double-circle. Diameter 45 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a charger of this type but of the period, see lot 2815, Sothebys, Spelndors of the Qing court, Hong Kong, April 11 2008.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 640 – 5 460

1048. A qingbai incised ‘peony’ lobed bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279).

The bowl is carved on the interior with peonies, covered with a glossy, translucent glaze of aquamarine tone.

Diameter 19.6 cm. Silk clad blue box accompanies the lot.

Measure 24 x 24.5 x 8 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1049. A large dehua vase, Gu, Qing dynasty. After an archaic bronze shape, a gu shaped beaker vase decorated with bow string lines, also in relief to the mid section with garden rocks, cherry blossoms, bamboo and peonies. Height 44.8 cm.

Property of a private Finnish collection.

Compare with vases of this type in the British Museum, 1980,0728.171, bequeathed by: Patrick J Donnelly.

SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1050. A blanc de chine figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty. The deity depicted standing on a cloud formation, clad in loose fitting robes and jewellry. Height 44.5 cm.

Property of a private Finnish collection.

SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1052. A large famille rose ‘pseudo tobacco leaf’ serving dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Oval shape, brightly enamelled with the classic pattern showing curling, serrated leaves interspersed with lilies, interlocking rings and large cut fruit, all picked out in shaded pink, shaded lime-green, sepia and iron-red with details in grisaille and gilt, the asymmetrical scroll knops. Length 39 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1051. A blue glazed dish, Qing dynasty with an apocryphal four character mark of Chenghua.

Rounded sides on a slanting footrim, glazed in a deep blue colour. Diameter 26 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1053. Two famille rose armorial dishes, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Octagonal shape, the dish to the left with the arms of D’Aguilar impaling Lousada, Qianlong ca 1780. Both families were wealthy sugar planters in Jamaica. The dish to the right with the arms of Barrow impaling Dighton, Qianlong circa 1755. Diameter 22 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection. Purchased from OY Bukowskis, Helsinki, Finland, 7/4 1984.

Litterature: See David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, volume I, page 474. P18. See also same book, page 631. S7.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1054. A matched six-piece famille rose garniture, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Matched set with a similar decoration in famille rose against a cappuciner brown ground. Height approx. 29 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 280 – 2 730

1055. A grisaille decorated punch bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Round decorated in grisaille and gold with the monogram JI? and flowers. Diameter 28.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 3 500 – 4 000 / EUR 320 – 370

1056. A group of three famille rose dishes, late Qing dynasty. Of different decoration in famille rose colours. Length 27–29 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1057. A pair of famille verte and powder blue ‘roleau’ vases, late Qing dynasty.

Roleau shape, decorated in famille verte colours on panels, one depicting a scene with scholars playing a board game and enjoying antiques, the other side with an equestrian battle scene. Height 45.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1058. A pair of yellow ground famille rose ‘100 birds’ vases, late Qing dynasty.

Of baluster shape with a waisted neck and a flared rim, decorated in famille rose colours with a dense composition of an elaborate version of ‘one hundred birds admiring the peacock’, all against a yellow ground. Height 65 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare a single vase with this type of decoration sold at Bonhams, Asian Decorative Arts, 25 June 2013, lot no 8267.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 730 – 4 550

1059. A famille verte and jeune vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Of quadrangular baluster shape, decorated in famille verte/famille jeune with an intricate pattern of different scenes with animals, flowers and landscapes. Height 50 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a very similar vase in the Victoria & Albert Museum, Accession number. C.1292–1910.

Literature: Gorer, E. and J. F. Blacker. Chinese porcelain and hard stones. London: B. Quaritch, 1911, Vol. I, Pl. 47

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1061. A pair of famille rose ‘immortals’ altar vases, late Qing dynasty/Republic.

Square-sectioned, rising from the spread and aproned foot to the projecting mid-section and flared rim. Decorated in enamels with different sections each holding an image of one of the immortals and attendants. Height 39.5–40 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 730 – 4 550

1060. A group of 10 (8+2) blue glazed dishes, late Qing dynasty. With seal mark in underglaze blue to base. Matched gilded decoration of dragons amidst cloud formations against a deep blue ground. Diameter 19 cm and 15 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1062. A pair of vases with covers, China 20th century.

Of baluster shape, decorated in famille verte colours with figure scenes from court life against a under glaze blue ground.

Height 32 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1063. An underglaze red ‘mythical creature’, vase, presumably Republic.

With an apocryphal six character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. Pear shaped with a flared rim, decorated in underglaze red with mythical creatures on rock formations amidst fierce waves.

Height 29.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1064. A matched set of two large Chinese ‘antiques’ vases, 20th century.

Of baluster shape, decorated in famille rose colours with antiques, flowers and calligraphy. Height 58 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1065. A pair of ‘antiques’ vases with covers, China, 20th century.

Of baluster shape, decorated with antiques, precious objects and calligraphy. Height 42 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1066. A pink ground famille rose ‘floral’ vase, Republic, 20th century. The base with an apocryphal Yongzheng six-character mark. Compressed shape with an elongated neck, decorated in famille rose enamels with flowers against a pink ground. Height 15 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with an pink ground enamelled vase in the Smithsonian collection, Accession Number F1945.5. Also with a Yongzheng mark, but dated as possibly republic.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1067. A famille rose ‘peach’ vase, late Qing dynasty/Republic. Of baluster shape, decorated in famille rose with peaches. Height 29 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Catalogue note: The peach is one of the san duo or three abundances and has been chosen for its symbolic meaning. It is a wish for an abundance of years, or long life.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 280 – 370

1068. A large blue and white gourd-shaped vase, 20th century. The globular lower bulb surmounted by a smaller ovoid-form upper bulb rising to a slender neck. Decorated in underglaze blue with a figure scene with a scholar and his attendants. The base with an apocryphal four character Kangxi mark in underglaze blue. Height 45.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1069. A large blue and white ‘yenyen’ vase, China, 20th century. Of baluster from with a waisted lower body, rounded shoulder, and trumpet neck, the upper and lower sections each decorated with two panels painted in a vibrant underglaze blue with figure scenes from Chinese litterature. Height 46 cm.

Property of a private Finnish collection.

SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1070. A large blue and white ‘yenyen’ vase, China, 20th century. Of baluster from with a waisted lower body, rounded shoulder, and trumpet neck, the upper and lower sections each decorated with two panels painted in a bright cobalt blue with an elderly scholar depicted in a palace enviroment with an attendant receiving a young man and handing over a robe and a scholars hat. Another scene is repeated on the tall flaring neck. Height 45 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1071. Two Chinese scroll paintings of Heavenly and Earthly Deities from the Water-Land Ritual, late Qing dynasty.

Anonymous artist. Ink and colour on paper. With calligraphy on the outside of the roll and to the top left side. Painted in vibrant colours with daoist dignitaries. Measurement hanging 115 x 254 cm. Can be rolled up.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with two paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the Simkhovitch Collection, 1929. Accession Number: 1929–40–206 and 1929–40–208. Compare also with paintings of this type in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Credit Line: Gift of the Dorsay Foundation, 1957 Object Number: 57.116.2. and also one in the same museum with Object Number: 57.112.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 80 000 / EUR 4 550 – 7 280

1072. A Chinese Scroll painting of ‘cranes amidst bamboo and pine’, Qing dynasty.

After a Song painting. Ink and colour on silk, laid on paper. With calligrapahy that is a bit faded. Here, two Manchurian cranes, identified by their distinctive red forehead, strolls through a corner of the palace garden. Stopping in midstride and turning its head. Above them in the tree two other birds are sitting. Measure motif 79.5 x 178 cm. Measure hanging 95 x 255 cm. Can be rolled up.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Literature: Paintings of this style often derives its subject from a composition by the emperor Huizong (r. 1100–25), who painted a set of six cranes in different poses.

Catalogue note: A favorite image and a familiar presence in imperial gardens as well as refined scholarly retreats, cranes were also renowned as the vehicles of Daoist immortals. Their long life span and loyalty to a single mate made them symbols of longevity and faithfulness.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1073. Three Moghul paintings/album leafs, 19th century and early 20th century.

Comprising; an equestrian portrait of a ruler with his entourage. Measure leaf 22 x 32.5 cm. Not framed. A lady playing a lute, Measure leaf 23.6 x 29 cm. Not framed. An album leaf with a man in traditional clothing. Measure motif 10 x 16 cm. Measure with frame 20.5 x 27.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

The

Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur

1074 –1078.

1074. A Chinese silk and metal thread yellow ground ‘five clawed dragon’ carpet, Qing dynasty, 19th century, c. 208 x 126 cm.

Of rectangular form and vertically oriented. Brightly woven against a ground of gilded silver wrapped thread. The central lobate medallion depicting a classical coiled five clawed dragon in frontal pose chasing a flaming pearl on a firework and flowerhead field, the lobate spandrels with further five clawed dragons within an inner pearl border and wider meandering flowerhead border, all against a pale yellow ground. Measure 208 x 126 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Eskil (Viktor Sofokles) Ågren (1897–1969), site manager of Svenska Tändsticksaktiebolaget (Swedish Match) in Asia, the family lived in Shanghai and Kobe during the years 1927–1934. Manager of Västerviks tändsticks AB after the return to Sweden.

Exhibitions: Compare with a carpet with this kind of fretwork sold at Sothebys, Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Lot 132. Sale Number: L09710. 13 May 2009, London.

Catalogue note: Carpets were clearly highly prized as prestigious possessions: virtually all the portraits of the Ming and Qing emperors include depictions of carpets. Carpets were used to define areas of importance, provide warmth and comfort and, through their motifs and decoration, create a harmonious aesthetic, which integrated their symbolism with the other Chinese works of art with which the royal household, their courtiers and officials surrounded themselves.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 75 000 / EUR 4 550 – 6 820

1075. An elegant embroidered cloud collar, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

The circular collar comprised of eight long silk pendent tabs, with eight shorter ones in between. the long tabs suspending a large ruyi head, decorated with appliques made from various silk materials and embroidery techniques. Length lying flat 84 cm.

Catalogue note: The cloud collar 云肩 and reflects ancient cosmological wisdom. It has a circle at the centre, which represents heaven, the panels are often in the shape of a ruyi 如意 cloud, meaning “as you wish”, symbolising the gates to heaven. As an accessory, the earliest cloud collar can be seen in the seventh-century Dunhuang 敦煌 cave paintings of Buddhas, but from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), the cloud collar became a fashionable accessory for Chinese women.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1076. A hardwood garden seat/stand, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

The round panelled top raised on a narrow waist carved with trailing clouds, above the shaped apron elaborately carved in relief, raised on legs of round section terminating with scroll feet, connected by a round frame on short feet. Height 34 cm. Diameter 34 cm.

Exhibitions: Compare with a stool of this type sold in these rooms, lot no 593:91. From the Collection of Ove Christian Lunn, Danish Diplomat and Consul General for Denmark in Shanghai 1928–1935.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1077. A gilt bronze sculpture of Budai, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The Buddhist monk with joyful visage here portrayed seated, attired in loose robes open to reveal his ample girth, his right hand supported by his knee, his left hand clasped around his sac, with traces of gilt to exterior surfaces. Height 21 cm. Width 18 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Eskil (Viktor Sofokles) Ågren (1897–1969).

Catalogue note: The monk Budai, also known as the Laughing Buddha, is an incarnation of the Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha predicted to succeed Gautama Buddha in the future. Typically depicted with a joyful expression and wearing loose fitting robes to reveal his plump stomach representing contentment and abundance, Budai is also associated with the protection of children and is often shown with small children playfully climbing on his belly or back.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 730 – 4 550

1078. A Japanese five-piece silver garniture, Asahi, early 20th century.

Marked 998. Asahi. Decorated with cherry blossom. Comprising: a hairbrush, length 23 cm, a mirror, 26 cm, a clothing brush, length 18 cm, a round box, diameter 9 cm, a rectangular box on a tray, length tray 19 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

The Collection of Axel Lagrelius

Axel was a Swedish chemical engineer, business leader and art collector. Lagrelius sponsored several scientific expeditions, such as Alfred Nathorst to Spitsbergen in 1898, Greenland 1899, and Otto Nordenskjold expedition to the South Pole 1902–1904, continuously Johan Gunnar Anderssons Expeditions in China from 1916, onwards. He held several honorary titles and was from 1907 In 1907 appointed superintenappointed superintendent of the court. In 1926 he accompanied the crown prince of Sweden on his journey to China, where he got the honorary title of a mandarin of the court. He was one of the founding members of the China Committee and one of the investors in the Karlbeck syndicate that purchased Chinese Works of Art in China through Orvar Karlbeck 1928–1932.

LOT 1079 – 1081.

Axel Lagrelius (1863 – 1944).

1079. A pottery model of an ox with cart, Tang dynasty (618–907).

The ox standing pulling a covered cart with arched roof, the front painted with grills, the rear with an open doorway, and two large cartwheels with moulded spokes, all painted with now faided red, black and cream pigments. Later wooden stand and harness accompanies the piece. Length complete set with wooden stand 52 cm. Height 29 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Axel Lagrelius (1863–1944). Thence by descent within the family.

Exhibitions: Compare with a piece like this in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913. Object Number: 13.100.14a–c.

Literature: Listed in the Karlbeck inventory made by Orvar Karlbeck in 1958 as lot no 3, as an inventory for Ejnar Lagrelius (son of Axel Lagrelius).

Estimate: SEK 75 000 – 100 000 / EUR 6 820 – 9 090

1080. A Chinese kesi insignia/buzi mounted in a tray, late Qing dynasty.

Of kesi technique depicting a white bird amidst ruyi shaped clouds beneath a golden sun, all above wave formations. The white bird is rank level nine of a civil cervant within the court. Measure tray 29 x 30.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Axel Lagrelius (1863–1944). Thence by descent within the family.

Literature: Illustrated Precedents for the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court, published in 1759, tells us much about how Court attire was regulated by imperial decrees. The Chinese tradition of wearing rank badges (buzi), also known as Mandarin squares, to demonstrate civil, military or imperial rank began in 1391 during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), and continued throughout the Qing dynasty (1644–1911).These insignia were sewn onto or woven into the wearer’s garments to indicate their rank. Civil officials wore insignia with different bird species corresponding to their rank, while animals denoted military officers. The fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 brought an end to rank insignia.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1081. A bronze deity and a brass sacrificial bowl, Tibet, circa 1900.

Height deity 13.5 cm. Height bowl 4.4 cm. Diameter 6.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Axel Lagrelius (1863–1944). Thence by descent within the family.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1082. A Japanese two fold screen, Byobu, early 20th century, by unknown artist, signature perhaps to be read as Sakuho.

Decorated with gold and gouache on paper, depicting a large pine tree. Measure with frame 185 x 170.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Helge von Knorring (1897–1985), thence by descent within the family. The screen was a wedding gift from a Japanese minister when Mr von Knorring, in 1930 married the Czechoslovakian ministers Mr Karel Hallas daughter Denise. Helge von Knorring was a Finnish diplomat who had a long career within the ministry of Foreign Affairs. He first comes out as a young attaché to Japan in the late 1920’s. then comes to Shanghai as the Charge d ‘Affaires 1929–1932. Then he returns as an attaché in Tokyo again. The service continues with a lot of posts around the world, he was the Chargé d’Affaires in Pretoria 1949-1952, Abassador to Beijing 1952–1953, Ambassador to Bern 1953–1956.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

Helge von Knorring (1897–1985)

The Collection of Johan Almqvist

Johan spent his early years in various countries and learned many languages thanks to his father, Karl Fredrik Almqvist (1906–1982), who was a Swedish diplomat. Johan had a passion for art and travel early on. In the early 1960s, as one of his first jobs as a free-lance journalist, he traveled to the Middle East where his interest in Persian ceramics and collecting started. He then came to be based in Japan, still as a free-lance journalist for all the major Scandinavian Newspapers as well as Springer (Die Welt and Zeitung), Swedish Television, Svensk Radio and Radio Luxembourg. He covered a large part of Asia, including The Philippines, Korea, and Vietnam. 1974 he was hired by Beijer Invest to be based in Japan.

LOT 1083 – 1094, 1213 – 1214.

1083. A Japanese Do-Maru Suit of Armor, Edo Period.

Comprising an akoda-nari Kabuto (helmet), constructed of 32 vertical plates, an okina menpo (face mask), forged in two sections with a removable nose plate, the cheeks and chin with ori-kuge (hooks and pegs to hold cords), applied with a long animalhair moustache, fitted with a lame yodarkake laced in the colour blue. The dou (main armor for the torso) with gilt metal mon/heraldic crests, Haidate with text to the front. Suneate with ribbons. kote and sode also laced in blue.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Catalogue note: Dō-maru ( 胴丸 ), or “body wrap”, is a type of chest armour (dou or dō) that was worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. There were quite a number of similar styles and types of Japanese armor; the dō-maru is particularly defined by the fact that a dō-maru opens on the right side as opposed to the haramaki style, which opens in the back.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 640 – 5 460

Rounded sides rising from a short foot, the exterior decorated in gold against a red ground, the interior in underglaze blue with dragons and cranes. Diameter 11.1–11.7 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1085. A group of five ‘immortals’ bowls, Meiji (1868–1912).

Decorated around the sides with the immortals against a red ground. The interior decorated in underglaze blue with cranes and cloud formations. Diameter 11.2 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Estimate: SEK 2 500 – 3 000 / EUR 230 – 280

(1662–1722).

Rounded sides, lipped rim. It is incised and enamelled with a pair of striding dragons pursuing ‘flaming pearls’ above a wave border near the foot, all picked out in bright apple-green reserved on a lemon-yellow ground. The interior repeats the decoration with a dragon within double circles. The base with the six character mark within double circles. Diameter 12.3 cm. Height 6 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Exhibitions: Compare with bowls of this type in the Palace Museum of Taipei, Taiwan. For example, object Number 故瓷 000445N000000000. Object Number 故瓷 001697N000000000.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 50 000 / EUR 3 640 – 4 550

1088. A group lot of ceramics for the South East Asian market, 14/16th century. (7 pieces).

Comprising a white glazed dish, Song dynasty, diameter 16.5 cm. Restored. A white glazed jar, possibly Korea, Joseon.

A celadon glazed dish, diameter 16 cm. Surface wear. A celadon glazed jar, height 6.5 cm. Two brown glazed jars, height 5.5–7 cm. A water dropper in the shape of a mythical beast, height 10 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1087. Two seal stamps, soapstone and blanc de chine. Qing dynasty 18th/19th century.

One oval soapstone with the seal knop finely carved with a mythical creature. With a two-characters signature to the side. The seal face carved. The stone of mottled pale caramel colour. Height 11.5 cm. Width 7 cm. A white glazed uncut seal stamp with a well sculptured mythical creature as finial, Dehua, 18th century. Height 6.5 cm. Measure 4 x 4 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Exhibitions: Compare the white glazed seal stamp with the one sold at Bonhams, The Marsh Collection Art for the Literati (Online-Only) 28 October – 7 November 2022. Lot no 84. Compare also an uncut seal stamp in the British Museum, Museum number 1980,0728.222.

Literature: Donnelly 1969 / Blanc de Chine: The Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien Donnelly 1969. Donnelly has depicted the one in the British Museum on Pl. 94.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1089. A well-painted dark grey pottery cocoon jar, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220).

The body painted in shades of salmon pink, pale gray-green, dark red and white with bands of decoration, the wide bands decorated with scrolls, the narrow bands with geometric patterns, with linear bands encircling the shallow pedestal foot, the base of the short neck and the faceted, everted mouth rim. Height 26 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Karl Fredrik Almqvist (1906–1982), a Swedish Diplomat, who represented Sweden in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Portugal, Japan, South Korea and then once more in Portugal. This object is according to the family from when he was stationed in Japan, 1963–1970, thence by descent within the family.

Exhibitions: Compare with Metropolitan Museum, Object Number: 1994.605.31Credit Line: Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1994.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1090. A celadon glazed slip-decorated bowl, Korea, Goryeo, 12/13th century.

Robustly potted with sides rising from a short straight foot, finely decorated around the body with a wide band containing four floral medallions on a leafy scroll background below, the interior with four clusters of birds in a pond around a ruyi circle, enclosing two characters to the centre, covered all over with a rich greyish-green celadon glaze. Diameter 19.4 cm. Height 6.2 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1091. A celadon green glazed bowl, Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 12th/13th century.

Moulded shape, covered in an olive green glaze. Diameter 18 cm. Height 7 cm. Wooden box accompanies the bowl.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1092. Two inlaid celadon stoneware bowls, Korea, Goryeo dynasty (13th century).

Inlaid in white slip on the interior with a wide frieze of clouds interspersed with flying cranes of white slip with iron-slip legs, beaks and eyes, the sunken circular well inlaid in white slip with a single chrysanthemum within a cloud collar, all below a narrow band of lines and grasses; the exterior inlaid with another elaborate frieze executed in white and iron slip inlay of successive bands of leaves, chrysanthemum roundels and scrolling foliage. Diameter 20 cm. The smaller one in the same slip decoration but with chrysanthemum against a celadon ground. Diameter 12 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Exhibitions: For the larger one, compare a similar sold at Christies, lot no 115. 17 march 2009, Live auction 2266. Japanese and Korean Art.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1093. Two Korean celadon-glazed bowls, Goryeo Dynasty, 12th/13th century.

Finely potted with deep, rounded sides rising to a slighly inverted rim, glazed in a celadon glaze. Diameter 13 cm. The other bowl is robustly potted with rounded sides, the interior moulded with leafy stems, and is covered overall with a glaze of soft celadon-green colour. Diameter 14.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1094. A set of two white glazed vases, Korea, Joseon.

One pear shaped with a flared stepped rim.

Height approx 15 cm. The other also pear shaped with a long slim neck and lipped rim.

Height approx 15.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Johan Almqvist (1940–2024).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1357.

LOT

1357. A pair of blue and white pricket candle sticks, with a poem, Qing dynasty with a Qianlong mark and of the period.

The Collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson

From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent. Karl started his career at an early age in Gothenburg working for Swedish Customs; his work was within clearing antiques and works of art from abroad. At this time of course Gothenburg was an important port were much of the items from Europe arrived. This is where the passion for antiques and Asian art was born, and especially the interest in Chinese Works of Art that became a lifelong passion. After retirement he held lectures about Chinese porcelain and became a guide for travel agencies that took Swedish citizens to China. In an interview with Karl Hugosson in article in Antik & Auktion of 7/8 1992, he says ‘I had a first-row seat in the antique trade/ import during the era after World War II. LOT 1095 – 1172.

1095. A blue and white jar, Ming dynasty, Jiajing (1522–1566).

The globular jar has a slightly flared mouth and splayed foot, and is finely decorated in underglaze blue with a lotus scroll. The base with a four character mark within double circle. Height 16 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1096. A blue and white faceted ‘qilin dragon’ jar, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Octagonal baluster shape, decorated with roundels with qilindragons against cloud formations, the shoulder with a ruyipattern. Hall mark to base. Height 14.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1097. A blue and white ‘floral’ dish, Ming dynasty, Jiajing (1521–1566).

Sturdily potted with shallow, gently rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted in graduated tones of underglaze-blue with a central flower, surrouned by leafves. The rim with a continuous ruyipattern. Hall mark to base. Diameter 14.6 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1099. A blue and white ‘crane’ jar, Ming dynasty, 16th century.

The globular jar has a slightly flared mouth and splayed foot, and is finely decorated in underglaze blue with cranes and cloud formations. Height 15.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1098. A blue and white box with cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century.

Decorated in underglaze blue with flowers and lingzhi fungus. Seal mark to base. Length 14.3 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1100. A blue and white faceted ‘lotus and birds’ jar with cover, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Of hexagonal baluster shape with a short neck, decorated with a lotus pond with birds, the shoulder with lappets of ruyi heads, a key-fret design around the neck. Four characters to the base. Height 21 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare with a jar of this type but missing its cover in the British Museum, Museum number 1931,0713.1.

Literature: Harrison-Hall 2001 / Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum (9:44) The author notes that a jar like this was excavated at Taizhou, Jiangsu, from the tomb of Liu Xiang (1495–1541) and of his wife Mme Qiu (1496-1558). The jar was one of only two ceramics included in the burial which otherwise is renowned for its textiles, including male and female clothing.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1101. A blue and white ‘floral’ bowl and a dish, Ming dynasty, Jiajing (1522–1566).

The bowl with rounded sides decorated in underglaze blue with a floral scroll to the exterior, the interior with pomegranates. Diameter 11.5 cm. The dish with gentle rounded sides, and is decorated to the well with animals in a garden setting. Hall mark to base, diameter 11 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1103. A blue and white ‘floral’ jar, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

1102. A blue and white ‘phoenix’ bowl, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

Rounded sides with an everted rim, decorated in underglaze blue wtih phoenix birds. Diameter 13 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 3 500 / EUR 280 – 320

Stoutly potted ovoid form, painted in characteristic blue tones with meandering lotus blossoms and stylized leaves above a band of stylized leaves, a ruyiband to the shoulder. Height 14.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1104. A blue and white wine ewer and a dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

The ewer decorated in underglaze blue with a riverscape with figures and tall mountains. The base with an underglaze blue rabbit. Height 11.5 cm. The dish decorated with an eagle under a full moon. Hall mark to base. Diameter 15.2 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1105. A blue and white vase, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

Of double gourd shape, decorated in underglaze blue within separated sections with flowers and antiques. Height 17.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

Rounded sides of large scale, decorated in underglaze blue with a central scene with birds in a garden in full bloom, around the rim different sections with flowers, birds and fruit. Diameter 46 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 35 000 / EUR 2 280 – 3 190

1107. A blue and white ‘longevity’ jar and a box with cover, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

The jar decorated in underglaze blue with plants that has grown in the shape of the characters for longevity and luck. Height 7.2 cm.

Diameter of box 6 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1108. A blue and white ‘monkey and pine’ bowl, Ming dynasty, 17th century.

With an underglaze blue six character mark hall mark to base. Decorated in underglaze blue with monkeys and deers and birds in a continuous landscape with pine trees. Diameter 18.5 cm.

Height 10 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Catalogue note: The Chinese character for ‘monkey’ ( 猴 hou) is a homophone of ‘marquis’ ( 侯 hou). Also, the word for maple in Chinese shares the same pronunciation as ‘appointing’ ( 封 feng). Hence, the depiction of a monkey sitting under a maple tree, as seen in the present lot, conveys a symbolic wish for promotion to a government position. Furthermore, the evergreen nature of the pine tree symbolises eternal youth and divine wisdom, serving as a symbol of enduring hope and the promise of renewal.

1109. A blue and white jar, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Stoutly potted ovoid form, painted in characteristic blue tones with meandering floral scroll with sylized leaves. Height 15.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1110. A blue and white bowl and a dish, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The bowl with rounded sides, decorated in underglaze blue with birds and flowers. Diameter 14.2 cm. The dish of rectangular shape, decorated with a figure scene. Measure 9.5 x 9.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1111. Two blue and white bowls, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Of different decoration in underglaze blue. Diameter 13–14.2 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1112. A blue and white lingzhi dish, late Ming dynasty/early Qing dynasty.

Slightly lobed, decorated in underglaze blue with lingzhi fungus alternating with floral sprigs, underglaze blue hall mark to base. Diameter 15.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1113. A blue and white brushpot and a dish, Tianqi/Chongzhen, mid 17th century. Of convex shape, decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous landscape scene. Height 12 cm. Diameter 9.3 cm. The dish with a riverscape. Hall mark to base. Diameter 14 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

fierce four clawed dragons amidst cloud formations. Diameter 16 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1115. A blue and white ‘immortals’ bowl, Tianqi/Chongzhen 1620/30’s.

Rounded sides and stands on a straight foot. The inside is painted with Shou Lao, the god of longevity, in a double ring medallion. He is flying on the back of a crane. Simple flower heads and half-flower heads reserved in white on a blue ground striped with darker blue lines ornament the inner rim. Outside four roundels each frame two figures on a background of ‘shou’ (longevity) characters, with a border of ‘ruyi’ heads below and a band of white flower heads in octagonal frames above. The figures are indistinct but may be identified as the Eight Daoist Immortals. The base carries a apochryphal six-character Chenghua mark in a double ring. Diameter 21.5 cm. Height 9.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent. .

Exhibitions: Compare with a bowl of this type in the British Museum, Registration number Franks.760. Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks. Compare also with a bowl of this type and size in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Accession no. EA1991.20.

Literature: Harrison-Hall 2001 / Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum. The author notes that these bowls were made for the domestic market in China but also exported. This clear since such bowls are also depicted in Dutch still-life oil paintings, such as those by Jacques Linard, painted in 1627 and 1638 respectively. Persian bowls with similar designs were made too, indicating that bowls of the present type were also sent to the Near East.

Estimate: SEK 16 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 460 – 1 820

From The Collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

LOT 1143. An underglaze blue and copper-red ‘crane and deer’ cong vase, Qing dynasty, 18/19th century.

LOT 1140. A blue and white ‘sanduo’ lobed bowl, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723–35).

1116. A blue and white jar, and a dish Tianqi/ Chongzhen, mid 17th century.

Ovoid shape, decorated in underglaze blue with landscape scene with birds and insects. Height 11 cm.

The dish decorated with calligraphy, the reverse with buddhist lions alternating with floral sprigs. The base with an apocryphal six character Chenghua mark within double circle. Diameter 9 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1118. A blue and white ‘landscape’ vase, Transition, 17th century. Ovoid shape with an unglazed base and rim, decorated in underglaze blue with a moonlit landscape with tall mountains. Höjd 17.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1119. A blue and white pear shaped wall vase, Transition, 17th century.

Pear shaped with a flared foot and flattened side, decorated in underglaze blue with a flute playing sage. Height 24 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: There are a few wall vases in the Statliche Kunstsammlung, Dresden, of this period and shape but with a different decoration, compare Inventory no PO 7020.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1120. A ‘rooster’ dish, Tianqi/Chongzhen mid 17th century.

Decorated in underglaze blue and red with roosters in a fight. Diameter 15.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare with a dish of this type in ‘The Peony Pavilion Collection: Chinese Tea Ceramics for Japan, Chirsties, 1989, lot no 340. Compare also an example in the Butler Collection, op Cit, p. 30. No 19.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1121. A blue and white dish and tea caddy, Tianqi/Chongzhen, mid 17th century. The dish decorated with a man fishing by the river. Diameter 20 cm. The jar decorated with flowers. Height 10.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1122. A blue and white censer, Transition, 17th century.

Tripod with a broad body, and flared rim, decorated with a continuous landscape scene. Diameter 19.5 cm. Height 6.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1123. A blue and white sleeve vase, Transitional period, 17th century.

Of cylindrical form with waisted neck, the body finely painted in underglaze blue with a moonlit landscape. Höjd 20.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1124. A blue and white Transitional vase, 1630/40’s.

Gourd shaped with a tall slightly flared rim. The upper gourd decorated with tulips, this above the central scene that depicts a scholar with a qin and a set of books sitting in a landscape with two attendants carrying a boat and a duck approching. Height 19.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: For a slightly larger vase of this type, see the Ashmolean Museum, Accession no.EA1978.892. Also compare with one sold at Bonhams, lot no 1258, Asian Decorative Arts 25 September 2006. San Fransisco.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1125. Two blue and white vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

One pear shaped with a tall neck and slightly flared rim, decorated in underglaze blue with antiques and precious objects. The water dropper decorated in underglaze blue, ge glaze and cappuciner brown. Height 14.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare the water dropper/vase with one in the British Museum, Museum number Franks.290.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1126. A blue and white vase with cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of baluster shape decorated with a mythical creature. Height 21.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1127. Two blue and white ‘lange lisen’ vases and a ewer, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

A ewer with cover, with metal mount. Decorated in underglaze blue with lange lisen and potted flowers. Height 13.5 cm. A trumpet shaped vase, decorated in three sections, the top part with elegant ladies of the court also called ‘lange liesen’. Height 15.5 cm. A baluster shaped vase with biscuit mascaron handles, decorated in the same fashion. Height 16 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1128. A group of four blue and white miniatures, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of different shapes and decoration in underglaze blue. Height 10–15.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1129. A blue and white roleau vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Rounded shoulder, tall neck with everted lipped rim. Decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with antiques and precious objects. Height 20.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1130. A pair of blue and white ‘landscape’ vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of baluster shape decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with sectioned landscape scenes with figure staffage. Height approx 23 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent. .

Estimate: SEK 16 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 460 – 1 820

1132. A blue and white ‘prunus’ stem cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Rounded cup on a flared tall leg, decorated in underglaze blue with cherry blossom against a cracked ice ground.

Height 10.5 cm. Diameter 11.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1131. A blue and white ‘boys at play’ tea caddy, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Ovoid shape with an unglazed rim, decorated in underglaze blue with a figure scene with a boy riding on a mythical creature. Height 13.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1133. A blue and white dragon dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Lobed hexagonal shape, decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue colour with a fierce dragon.

Diameter 16 cm.

Provenance: With a label from Henry Knowler Collection no 42. From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1134. A blue and white ‘immortals’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

With an apocryphal six character Chengua mark in underglaze blue. Lobed, decorated with the immortals around the exterior in vibrant underglaze blue. The interior with sholaou and his deer. Diameter 16 cm. Height 6.6 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1135. A blue and white ‘scholar in a landscape’ brushpot, bitong, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Potted of cylindrical form with tall straight sides, decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with a single sage strolling in a moonlit landscape , the other side of the continuous landscape with a rider. Height 12.5 cm. Diameter 10 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1137. A blue and white dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with potted flowers. With an apocryphal Ming mark to base within a double circle.

Diameter 20.2 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 280 – 370

1138. A set of three iron-red decorated water droppers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The larger one decorated with a floral scroll. Height 18 cm.

The small vases decorated with flowers. Hight 7 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1139. An underglaze red, celadon and an imari ewer with cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

After a European silver model, one ewer decorated in underglaze red, celadon and underglaze blue with flowers. Height 14.5 cm. The other decorated in imari colours. Height 14 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1140. A blue and white ‘sanduo’ lobed bowl, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723–35).

Finely potted with wide rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a lobed rim, the exterior divided into six panels each enclosing blossoming and fruiting branches of pomegranate, peach and finger lemon in shaped panels, above a border of six lingzhi sprays encircling the foot, a band of scrolls waves repeated on the inner and outer rims, the interior centred with a lobed cartouche enclosing a single branch of peaches, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. Height 8.5 cm. Diameter 15.4 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare a stemcup like this one sold at Sothebys, lot no 526. Important Chinese Art 21 March 2018 • New York.

Literature: Compare; aslo with a Yongzheng mark and period stem bowl featuring a Ming-style lotus design in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Blue and White Wares of The Ch’ing Dynasty, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1968, pp 90–91, pl. 13.

Catalogue note: This elegant bowl epitomises the Yongzheng Emperor’s taste for classic styles of the past, his interest in their reinterpretation, and the pursuit of outstanding quality. The Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1723–1734) took a keen interest in the work of various imperial manufactories in his empire and particularly the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, where artistic direction was led by his personal taste. Through his brilliant kiln supervisor, Tang Ying, the Emperor pursued a distinctive style and refinement; studying celebrated wares of the past and fine-tuning their shapes to harmonious proportions to develop sophisticated designs full of vitality and vigour.

Estimate: SEK 150 000 – 200 000 / EUR 13 640 – 18 190

1141. A blue and white ‘dragon’ dish, Qing dynasty with Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723–35).

Decorated in underglaze blue with a dragon amidst cloud formations reaching out for a shou character, around the rim and the footrim, waves. Diameter 21 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1142. A blue and white and copper-red ‘peaches’ bowl, Qing dynasty.

With a Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue to the base. Round sectioned, decorated with peaches and leaves. Diameter 18.7 cm. Height 8.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Catalogue note: The peach is one of the san duo or three abundances and has been chosen for its symbolic meaning. It is a wish for an abundance of years, or long life.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1143. An underglaze blue and copper-red ‘crane and deer’ cong vase, Qing dynasty, 18/19th century.

Of archaistic shape raised on a circular foot ring, the rectangular body of square cross section, decorated in underglaze blue and copper-red with four roundels decorated with a crane and pine tree, flowers, and a deer and pine tree all against a continuous floral scroll. Height 25.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 730 – 4 550

From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent. LOT 1159, 1160, 1168, 1165, 1161 and 1164.

1144. A blue and white ‘boys’ jar, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Of ovoid shape with an unglazed rim, decorated in underglaze blue with two roundels with a laughing boy using a large leaf as an umbrella. Height 15 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare a jar of this type in the Musee Guimet, Collection Grandidier, G 4319.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 280 – 370

1146. A brown and white glazed bowl, Song dynasty (960–1279).

On a short straight footrim, glazed in a warm brown tone that shifts towards black. A broad white band around the rim. Diameter 12.3 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1145. A yellow glazed dish, Liao dynasty (907–1125).

Sturdily potted with rounded sides decorated in relief with a stylized floral pattern and covered in a warm honey yellow toned glaze. Diameter 13.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: From the collection of Karl Hugosson.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1147. A wucai decorated censer ‘Liding’, late Ming dynasty, 17th century.

After a bronze model, decorated in wucai with sylized dragons. Length 11 cm. Height 6 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1148. A wucai dragon vase, Transition, 17th century.

Of baluster shape with a tall neck, decorated with a green four clawed dragon and a yellow four clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations and flames, above peaky mountains. Height 38.5 cm. The cover of the same period but differs in decoration.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare with a jar of this type in the Ashmolean Museum, Accession no.EA1980.287.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 640 – 5 460

1149. A famille verte bowl, tea caddy and mallet shaped vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Comprising a tea caddy of ovoid shape, decorated in famille verte with flowers in sections. Height 13.5 cm. A bowl with rounded sides on a straight footrim, decorated with cranes in a lotus pond. Diameter 15.2 cm. A mallet shaped bottle decorated with chickens and hens in a garden setting. Height 15.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 12 000 / EUR 730 – 1 090

1150. A large famille verte dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The dish is decorated on the interior with a central medallion enclosing a qilin next to a pine tree with a phoenix in flight above. The outer border is decorated with shaped panels of various mythical beasts and animals alternating with blossoming flowers. Diameter 36.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1152. Two famille verte dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

One flower shaped, decorated to the center with bids in a garden setting. The base with a jade mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 23 cm. The other dish also decorated in famille verte with flowers in a garden with insects. Base with a six character Kangxi mark and of the period. Diameter 16 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1151. A large famille verte dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in famille verte colours, the central scene with two elegant ladies with children enjoying their collection of antiques in front of a palace. Framed by panels with flowers, landscape, fish, and king Mus eight horses. Diameter 36.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1153. A set of two famille verte bowls and a dish, Qing dynasty, early Kangxi (1662–1722).

The large bowl with rounded sides, decorated a scene from a Chinese litterary work, the interior with Sholaou, the base with an apochrypal six character mark of Chenghua within a double circle. Diameter 14.5 cm. The dish decorated with butterflies in a garden in full bloom. Diameter 21 cm. The smaller bowl decorated in famille verte with a floral scroll, Diameter 11 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 12 000 / EUR 730 – 1 090

1154. A famille noire cup with stand, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in famille noire, the front decorated with flowers against green ground, yellow, aubergine and black. Diameter dish 11.5 cm. Diameter cup 7 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1155. A bisquit glazed brush pot, Bitong, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in relief with squirrels in yellow, green, blu and white glaze against an aubergine glazed ground. Height 11.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1156. A bisquit four-piece cabaret, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in green, aubergine, white and yellow with gardens in full bloom. Diameter 21.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1157. A rare and massive blue and white scalloped dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Joss stick holder in the shape of a buddhist lion with a pup under its front paw, height 18 cm. A parrot, height 10 cm.

A man seated on a horse, height 9.5 cm, length 9.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1158. A pair of joss stick holders in the shape of buddhist lions. Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Buddhist lions sitting on top a drum with a holder next them, glazed in green, yellow and aubergine coloured glaze. Height 10.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 4 000 / EUR 280 – 370

1159. A yellow glazed triple spouted double gourd vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Of three-lobed double-gourd form, skilfully potted with the lower bulb rising from a trefoil foot to a slender waisted neck surmounted by the smaller upper bulb tapering to three tubular spouts, covered overall in a lustrous deep yellow glaze and bound together with a bow. Height 11.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College; Compare two almost identical vases, dated as probably Kangxi, CH127.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1160. An apple green crackle-glazed vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Of baluster form with high rounded shoulders surmounted by a short neck and flared mouth, and it is covered with a green ge glaze, interior and the slightly recessed flat base in a classic ge glaze.

Height 19.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

Height 6.8 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare with a censer in purple glaze in the collection of the British Museum, Museum number 1980,0728.587. Bequeathed by: Patrick J Donnelly.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1162. A set of three blanc de chine cups, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722). Modell inspired by the rhinoceros horn libation cups. Comprising; an oval decorated in relief with magnolia and cherry blossoms. Height 6 cm. Length 9.2 cm. A flower shaped decorated with cherry blossom. Height 5.6 cm. Diameter 7.8 cm. A smaller oval one, also with cherry blossom. Height 5 cm. Length 8 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1163. A set of two white glazed bowls and a wine ewer with cover, 17/18th century.

A large dish decorated in relief. Kinstsugi restoration. Diameter 19 cm. A small bowl with a lipped rim and white glaze. Diameter 12.5 cm. A small white glazed ewer decorated in relief. Length 10.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1165. A claire de lune and a underglaze red brush washer, late Qing dynasty with Guangxu mark and early 20th century.

Rounded shoulder, glazed to interior and exterior in a lavender blue glaze. Diameter 12.2 cm. Rounded shoulder, glazed in a sang de boef glaze with a white rim. Diameter 8 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Hugosson.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1164. A powder blue dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Flattened shape, decorated in a powder blue glaze, traces of gilt. Hall mark to base. Diameter 16 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1166. A lacque burgaute bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Rounded sides, the base an apocryphal six character Chenghua mark. Decorated in mother of pearl and inlay against a black ground.

Diameter 9 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1167. A small famille rose bowl, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723–35).

The exterior delicately enamelled on the front with a single spray of peony and three yellow blossoms, the back with a blue chrysanthemum flower. Diameter 7.6 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 16 000 – 22 000 / EUR 1 460 – 2 000

1168. A copper-red glazed dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and of the period (1736–95).

Potted with shallow rounded sides, the interior and exterior are covered with a glaze of soft crushedstrawberry tone in copper red below the white rim. Diameter 21 cm.

Provenance: Purchased from Christies, 9/11 1983, lot no 330. From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Exhibitions: Compare a dish of this type in the Art Institute Chicago, Credit Line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Reference Number 1977.551. Compare a slightly smaller one in the Musee Guimet, Collection Grandidier, G 128.

Literature: Compare with a dish of this type sold at Christies, 22–23 Sept 2022 | Live auction 20719. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 908.

Catalogue note: These dishes is notable for its vibrant copper-red glaze and its even tone which accentuates the graceful curves of its elegant form. A notoriously difficult pigment to fire, the use of copper was largely abandoned after the 15th century as the slightest irregularity in any stage of the production resulted in an undesirable and uneven color. Yet, with the technical advances made at the imperial kilns in Jingdezhen from the early Qing dynasty onwards, by the 18th century, potters were able to accomplish a previously unattained command over the pigment to successfully create a number of monochrome vessels with a strong and even red tone, such as the present dishes.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 730 – 4 550

1169. Two famille rose vases, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng (1723–35).

A famille rose vase decorated with flowers. Height 19.5 cm. A pear shaped vase with a flared rim decorated with a reclining gentleman with a gourd under his arm. Height 14 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1170. An enamelled ‘vegetable dish’, China, presumably Republic.

Witih an apocryphal Qianlong mark against a coral cracked ice ground. Decorated with flowers and vegetables. Diameter 14.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR

1171. A ‘barragon tumed’ famille rose cup, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Of U-shape standing on a short foot, the exterior decorated in famille rose and gold with an upper and lower band of the bjixiang (the Eight Buddhist Emblems) alternating with shou characters, the central register with a parade of auspicious animals and deities, all above lotus thrones and within mandorlas. The interior decorated with a gilt lotus flower set with a cross vajra. Diameter 8.2 cm. Height 5.6 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Literature: Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelains, page 74. Image CXII. Wu Jenhing and Hsiu An Ch’ao, Canton 1926, page 98. 99. According to Soames Jenyns the service was made to commermorate the marriage of one of the Daoguang Emperor’s daughters southern Mongolian prince.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1173. A blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, 17th century. Rounded sides, flared rim and standing on a broad footrim, decorated in underglaze blue with cabbage. Diameter 9.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1172. A famille rose ‘butterfly’ bowl, Qing dynasty with Daoguang mark and of the period (1820–1850).

Decorated in famille rose colours with butterflies and floral sprigs. Underglaze blue seal mark. Diameter 11.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karl Rientze Hugosson (1929–2015), thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

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1174. A pair blue and white reverse decorated floral bowls, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Rounded sides with flared rim on a short footrim, decorated in underglaze blue with reverse decoration of a continuous floral scroll with chrysanthemum. The base with a double fish symbol within double circle. Diameter 15 cm. Height 7.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art. This is part of a collection, a collection that was assembled not only with great care, but also with a deep curiosity and passion for learning – a true academic collection. The collector has been actively buying and studying Chinese porcelain since the early 1970’s.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1175. A rare blue and white stemcup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Supported on a domed circular foot, the moulded sides rising to a foliate rim, linearly decorated in underglaze blue, painted to the exterior with lotus and foliate scroll, the interior with a floral medallion to the well, the sides with vertical floral sprays, the foot further decorated with scrolling flowers in underglaze blue. Height 8 cm. Diameter 14,5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1176. A blue and white and underglaze red ‘phoenix’ brushpot, Bitong, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of cylinder shape with tall straight sides, decorated in underglaze blue and red with phoenix birds amidst cloud formations. Height 12 cm. Diameter 9.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1177. A pair of blue and white ‘dragon’ dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in underglaze blue with four clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. Around the rim wave formations and flowers. The base with apocryphal Chenghua mark within double circles. Diameter 16 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1178. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The lower part in a cappuciner brown shade, decorated in stylized floral patterns in a vibrant underglaze blue. Height 19 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: Compare a vase of this type in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Credit Line: Purchase by subscription, 1879 Object Number: 79.2.263. Compare with vases in the British Museum, Museum number; Franks.290.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1179. A powder blue cup, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and of the period (1723–35).

Rounded sides with a slightly flaring rim on a short foot, decorated in powder blue and gold. Interior with character and a floral scroll. Base with Yongzheng six character mark within double circle. Diameter 9.1 cm. Height 4.1 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1180. A blue glazed vase with a dragon in relief, late Ming dynasty/early Qing dynasty.

Of pear shape with a bulb shaped mouth, decorated in a blue glaze with an unglazed dragon coiled around its neck.

Height 22.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: Compare with a vase of this type in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Accession no.EA1980.374. Compare also with a vase of this type in the Musee Guimet, Collection Grandidier, dated as 17th century. G 2747.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1181. An ‘egg and spinach’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Rounded sides with a flared rim on a short foorim, decorated in green, yellow, aubergine and white in the classical egg and spinach pattern. The base with a hall mark in underglaze blue within double circles. Diameter 19 cm. Height 8.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: Compare with a bowl of this type in the Royal Dresden Porzellan Collection, Inventory number; PO 8037. Compare with a bowl in the Art Institute Chicago of this type, Reference Number 1997.398. Credit Line Gift of Stanley Herzman in memory of Gladys Wolfson Herzman. To compare with a bowl like this sold at auction, see Bonhams, lot 44, The Roy Davids Collection of Chinese Ceramics. 6 November 2014. Live Auction, London, New Bond Street.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1182. A blanc de chine figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty. 19th century.

Depicted seated, clad in flowing robes, holding a scroll in her left hand. Height 22 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1183. A blanc de chine figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Depicted seated clad in flowing robes, holding a scroll in her left hand. Height 22,5 cm

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

LOT 1344. A rare and massive blue and white scalloped dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662 – 1722).

1184. A blanc de chine figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty. Depicted seated clad in flowing robes, holding a rosary and a scroll. Height 19 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art.

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1185. A coral-red reverse decorated dish, Qing dynasty with Guangxu mark and of the period (1875–1908).

Finely potted with gently rounded sides rising from a short, slightly splayed foot to an everted rim, richly patterned with elegant scrolling stems issuing fan-like leaves and bearing peony flowerheads alternating with stylized lotus blossoms all reserved against a vibrant coral-red ground, the center with a lotus blossom, the petals and leaves finely detailed with iron-red lines, the interior and base left white. The latter with a seal mark in underglaze blue within double circles. Diameter 17 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1186. A white glazed Korean sacrificial bowl, Joseon, 19th century.

Rounded bowl on a tall foot, sturdily potted, glazed in white. Height 8.5 cm. Diameter 11.5 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of a Swedish Connoisseur of Asian Works of Art..

Exhibitions: To see other lots sold from this collection, see Bukowskis auction 649. Lot no 951–967. Also Bukowskis Sale 657, lot no 1145–1164.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1187. A blue and white Korean dragon vase, Joseon, 19th century.

Pear shaped with a flared rim, decorated with a fierce dragon chasing the flaming pearl. Height 29.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1188. A set of four kesi panels depicting Xiwangmu and the daoist Immortals, late Qing dynasty. Four panels wowen in bright colours with elaborate figure scenes depicting Xiwangmu, Queen Mother of the West riding a phoenix, below her on the other panels we see Sholaou and of the Eight Daoist Immortals waiting on a terrace lapped by the waves of the sea to offer birthday felicitations to Xiwangmu. Each panel measure 43 x 197 cm. Laid on a silk ground. Measure with frame each panel 50 x 214 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private collector.

Exhibitions: Compare two kesi scrolls of similar design, one from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Huang Nengfu, Chūgoku kinuorimono zenshi. Nanasennen no bi to waza. [Complete history of Chinese textiles. Skill of seven thousand years], Tokyo, 2015, pl. 9-122; the other from the Liaoning Provincial Museum, illustrated in Jinxiu luoyi qiao tianxia / Heavens’ Embroidered Cloths. One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1995, cat. no. 119. Compare also a related example in the Nanjing Museum and with slightly different arrangements, illustrated in Huang Nengfu, op. cit., pl. 9-118.

Catalogue note: Kesi weaving was widespread throughout the Qing dynasty, particularly during the Qianlong Emperor’s reign. The textiles produced through kesi weaving were utilized as clothing, fans, screens, and scrolls. This particular kesi scroll depicts a group of immortals offering birthday felicitations to the Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu), symbolizing an auspicious blessing. Pieces like this could have been commissioned as birthday gifts for esteemed senior members of prominent families.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 75 000 / EUR 4 550 – 6 820

1189. A silk blue-ground brocade panel, late Qing dynasty/early 20th century.

Woven with four large five clawed dragons and a group of smaller ones chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations, pagodas and flower baskets. Around the eges eight five clawed dragons. In the center phoenix birds. Measure c. 96–98 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Hjalmar Wallenfeldt.

Exhibitions: Compare a similar sold in these rooms from the Collection of Edit Pettersson (1890–1970). Aquired in 1915 in China.

Catalogue note: Possibly used as a scroll cover.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

Property of a private Finnish Collection

The collection was formed between 1980 – 2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and S tockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being a part of the textile collection.

LOT 1190–1207.

1190. A set of three bolts of silk with ‘five clawed dragons’ against a midnight blue ground, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Woven with five clawed dragons in gold against a midnight blue ground chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. Measure 76 x 230 cm. Measure 76 x 226 cm. Measure 76 x 229 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with silk bolt dated as 18th century in the Metropolitan Museum with a similar pattern, Object Number: 46.133.9. Private Collection , New York (until 1946; donated to MMA). Also compare with a piece in the same museum, Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1896. Object Number: 96.14.321. Dated as 18/19th century. Compare a similar piece at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Credit Line: Gift of Shoji Yamanaka, in memory of Alan Priest, 1979 Object Number: 1979.105.3. This piece is dated as Kangxi.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1191. A midnight blue silk ‘Chao Pao’/ceremonial robe, Qing dynasty, 1850’s.

A midnightblue silk embroidered in counted stitch with silk and gilt wrappet thread, decorated with five clawed dragons, auspcious emblems and terrestial diagrams clouds as well as with jewels emerging from waves at the waist and sleeves. A set of dragon roundels on the skirt. Length arm to arm 180 cm. Height back 130 cm. Later lining.

Provenance: Purchased at Uppsala Auktionskammare. Lot no 959. June 2012. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a robe of this type but with striped arms in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1964. Object Number: 64.214. Compare also with one in the Philadelfia Museum of Art, Credit Line: Carl Schuster Collection, 1947. Accession Number: 1947-4-1.

Literature: Another example of a mid-19th century chaopao is illustrated in Robert D. Jackson, Imperial Silks: Ch’ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, vol. I, Minneapolis, 2000, no. 1. A complete set consisted of the chaopao, such as the present lot, a hat with appropriate button finial, a detachable collar, a belt, a surcoat with rank badge, and a court necklace of one-hundred and eight beads.

Catalogue note: The robe of state, or chaofu, is the most formal of the imperial Qing robes, and was worn by the emperor and by his high officials during important annual rites. The slim-fitting sleeves and horse-hoof-shaped cuffs, which are vestiges of jackets for horseback hunting in cold weather, illustrate a Manchu adaptation of the traditional Han Chinese court dress, as does the shorter length of the garment. Such adaptations were formalized in 1759 when the style and decoration of court robes were standardized under regulations which also designated colors and designs for different types of robes. The dark blue color and four-clawed dragons on this robe indicate it would have been worn by an individual ranking somewhere between a third degree prince and a fourth degree official.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1192. A lavender blue embroidered silk female informal robe, late Qing dynasty, 19th century. Embroidered with butterflies and flowers in peach, cream, blue and gray all on a lavender blue ground. Lined in a bright pink silk. Length arm to arm 125 cm. Height back 131 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis S195, lot no 128. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a robe like this in another colour, Christies, lot 1239. 18 MAY 2012 | Live auction 6074. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1193. A female silk robe/over coat for winter, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Turquoise pattern weaved silk brocade decorated with butterflies, roundels and cloud formations.

Black trim with phoenix birds. Length back 89 cm. Length arm to arm 158 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Christies, 15 October 1996, lot no 61. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Exhibitions: Compare a jacket of this type in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frank D. Scott, 1967 Accession Number: 1967–11–3.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 12 000 / EUR 730 – 1 090

1194. A yellow silk skirt ‘Qun’, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Tightly pleated and made of light summer weight yellow ground silk damask patterned with sprays of prunus and roundels with intricate patterns. The front and back panels and the hem with borders of black satin and blue and purple satin embroidered with various patterns, with the addition of paradise flycatchers, the original blue cotton waistband. Blue silk lining. Height with blue waistband 88 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Christies, 15 October 1996. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1195. A set of three embroidered purses/ eye-glass cases, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

One pouch worked with a bat flanked by ruyi clouds, all above the auspicious characters, wan fu and wan shou, prosperity and longevity, encircled by overlapping ruyi and wave borders, the straps with green carved stone clasps. Length 11 x 11 cm. Two oval cases, embroidered with styized patterns. Length 15.5–16 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with eye-glass cases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art like this, dating them to 18th/19th century. For example, Credit Line: Bequest of William Christian Paul, 1929. Object Number: 30.75.682 and Object Number: 30.75.691 from the same from the same collection.

Catalogue note: The fretwork incorporates the broken cross, or swastika – an ancient symbol in Asia that is associated in China with the character wan, which denotes the number ten thousand and symbolizes longevity.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1196. A rare fragment of a silk four clawed ‘dragon’ jacket, late Ming dynasty/early Qing dynasty.

1197. Two boxes with a mandarin’s summer hat and black satin autumn hat and feather with six mandarin hat insignias, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

A blue fabric clad conical box holding a summer hat with a conical bamboo frame, covered in silk gauze, decorated with a tassel of twisted red sik, with a blue trim, surmounted by a gilt metal button, signifying an official of 7– 8 rank level. The black satin autumn hat with stif brim, fine twisted red silk tassel and a clear glass button signifying an official of the fifth rank. The label on the inside of the autumn hat tells us the family and personal name of the owner.

A blue fabric clad box containing a mandarins feather plume. Height of box 25 cm. Diameter of box 35 cm. Length of plum 35 cm. Measure of box 41 x 3.6 x 5 cm. A jade carved as a pipe-shaped finial for a Mandarin’s or other official’s hat, and a group of mandarin insignias for hats.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Exhibitions: Compare with a set sold at Christies, Lot 114, the Imperial Wardrobe, 19 Mars 2008. Compare also with a hat in the collection of the British Museum, donated by: James Edge-Partington. Acquisition date 1909. Registration number 1909,0609.1. a-c For the tall mandarin hat insignia, compare a similar one in the collection of the British Museum, Museum numberM.6997. This is a Chinese Mandarin hat button (Chinese: 顶戴 ), for third class Mandarins, for ceremonial and full dress occasions.

A deep blue silk brocade with a golden four clawed dragon in wild pursuit of the flaming pearl. Red lining. Height with collar 55 cm. Length arm to arm 126 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Exhibitions: Compare also with a short Man’s coat, China (Tibet), 17th century. Washington DC University - The Textile Museum collection, 2023.18.15. The Myrna and Sam Myers Collection.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

Literature: G. Dickinson and L. Wrigglesworth, Imperial Wardrobe, Berkeley and Toronto, rev. ed., 2000, p. 113, pl. 95. Compare the feather plume.

Catalogue note: Under Manchu formal dress regulations, the colors of hat finials were used to distinguish official ranks: the four army divisions known as Banners were originally represented by ruby finials for the Red Banner, sapphires for the Blue Banner, rock crystals for the White Banner and gold for the Yellow Banner. The summer hat was intended for summer use, as indicated by the silk material over a light-weight bamboo frame, and the additional ceremonial hat spike suggests that it was made for formal court ceremonials. Compare a similar hat dated to 1875 and exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, illustrated in the catalog Celestial Silks: Chinese Religious & Court Textiles, Sydney, 2004, p. 90, where the author notes that the pearl on the front brim was a feature adopted by the Kangxi Emperor.

Estimate: SEK 18 000 – 24 000 / EUR 1 640 – 2 190

1198. A square ‘five clawed dragon’ insignia, possibly made for the imperial guards, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Finely woven with a scaly five clawed dragon in blue, yellow and white amidst cloud formations, chasing the flaming pearl, all on a yellow ground. Not lined. Measure 32 x 29.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased from an antique dealer in 2000. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Literature: Illustrated Precedents for the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court, published in 1759, tells us much about how Court attire was regulated by imperial decrees. The Chinese tradition of wearing rank badges (buzi), also known as Mandarin squaThe Chinese tradition of wearing rank badges (buzi), also known as Mandarin squares, to demonstrate civil, military or imperial rank began in 1391 during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), and continued throughout the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). These insignia were sewn onto or woven into the wearer’s garments to indicate their rank. Civil officials wore insignia with different bird species corresponding to their rank, while animals denoted military officers. The fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 brought an end to rank insignia.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1199. A ‘five clawed dragon’ roundel, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

An elegant five clawed dragon in wild chase of the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations all against a deep blue silk ground. Blue silk lining. Diameter 30 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1200. A silk kesi ‘tiger’ fourth military rank badge/buzi, Qing dynasty, 1820/30s.

Measure 31 x 29 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Christies, before 1980. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1201. A group of three kesi rank badges with birds, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Finely woven with the birds pearched atop a rock formation amidst wild waves, ruyishaped clouds and buddhist emblems. The white bird represents the rank level no 9 of a civil servant at the court, the coloured one is rank level 3. Measure approximately 30 x 31 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Literature: Illustrated Precedents for the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court, published in 1759, tells us much about how Court attire was regulated by imperial decrees. The Chinese tradition of wearing rank badges (buzi), also known as Mandarin squares, to demonstrate civil, military or imperial rank began in 1391 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and continued throughout the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). These insignia were sewn onto or woven into the wearer’s garments to indicate their rank. Civil officials wore insignia with different bird species corresponding to their rank, while animals denoted military officers. The fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 brought an end to rank insignia.

Catalogue note: A badge featuring a bird identified the wearer as a civil official. To attain such a position required years of intense study, so birds may have been selected because of their literary associations. Each rank was represented by a different species, and while there were slight variations over time, by the Qing Dynasty the order from highest to lowest was: crane, golden pheasant, peacock, wild goose, silver pheasant, egret, mandarin duck, quail and paradise flycatcher. Civil officials sat on the emperor’s left at court functions, so their rank birds faced right towards him. While it may be easy to tell a duck from a goose in real life, identifying different species on rank badges can be difficult. Birds are shown in similar poses, are of similar size and are placed on grounds of similar decoration, which had slight variations from period to period. Certain species, such as peacocks, can be identified easily because of the distinctive eye design on their feathers. For the more difficult varieties, look at the form of the head and neck and the shape of the tail feathers. For example, the first-rank crane typically has a rounded head topped by a red cap, while the silver pheasant worn by fifth-rank civil officials has distinctive long, scalloped or serrated tail feathers.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1202. A pair of rank kesi civil official’s rank badges with mandarin ducks, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

The Seventh Civil Rank badge. Each woven in the center with a mandarin duck alighting on a rock emerging from water motifs as it faces the sun, surrounded by ruyi-shaped clouds, the wufu and Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang), as well as peony and narcissus spouting from rocks, all in bright tones of blue, red, pink, green and white on a dark ground within a swastika lined border. Lined in blue silk. Measure 29,5 x 29 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Christies, Sale 5497, lot 565, 14 May 2010. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Literature: Illustrated Precedents for the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court, published in 1759, tells us much about how Court attire was regulated by imperial decrees. The Chinese tradition of wearing rank badges (buzi), also known as Mandarin squares, to demonstrate civil, military or imperial rank began in 1391 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and continued throughout the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). These insignia were sewn onto or woven into the wearer’s garments to indicate their rank. Civil officials wore insignia with different bird species corresponding to their rank, while animals denoted military officers. The fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 brought an end to rank insignia.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1203. An embroidered rank badge with a bird, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Embroidered with a colourful bird standing atop of a rock formation amidst wild waves, all around the bird, ruyishaped clouds, bats, peaches and flowers. Measure 29.5 x 30 cm.

Provenance: Purchased from Christies, 20 juni 1997, lot no 197. Label on the back from Chen Fa Tung Embroidery Store, No 26. Shi Hu Ying Street, Chienmen, Peking. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1204. A pair of kesi official’s rank badges with silver pheasants, Qing dynasty, early 19th century.

Made for a fifth rank civil official. Each woven in the center with a silver pheasant alighting on a rock emergin from water motifs and facing the sun, surrrounded by ruyi-shaped clouds, the wufu and the eight buddhist emblems, bajixiang reserved on a ground of scrolling tendrils in gold thread. All surrounded within a gold foliate scroll. Not lined. Measure 31.8 x 30,5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Christies, 21 Jun 2000. Lot no 104. Property of a private Finnish Collection. Exhibitions: Compare with a pair sold at the Christies, New York, March 2008, lot 14.

Literature: Illustrated Precedents for the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court, published in 1759, tells us much about how Court attire was regulated by imperial decrees. The Chinese tradition of wearing rank badges (buzi), also known as Mandarin squares, to demonstrate civil, military or imperial rank began in 1391 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and continued throughout the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). These insignia were sewn onto or woven into the wearer’s garments to indicate their rank. Civil officials wore insignia with different bird species corresponding to their rank, while animals denoted military officers. The fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 brought an end to rank insignia..

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1205. A pair of continued stich military official rank badges with tigers, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Made for a military official of fourth rank. Finely worked in continued stich with coloured silk floss, the tiger shown facing the sun as it alights on a rock emerging from froth-capped waves tossed with auspicious emblems, surrounded by big blue lingzhi-shaped clouds and gold lotus scrolls against a dark silk ground. Surrounded by a key-fret border. Lined in black silk. Measure 29.5 x 28.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased from Christies, 13 Jul 2006, Live auction 5051. Lot 149. Chinese and Japanese Costume and Textiles Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Literature: Illustrated Precedents for the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court, published in 1759, tells us much about how Court attire was regulated by imperial decrees. The Chinese tradition of wearing rank badges (buzi), also known as Mandarin squares, to demonstrate civil, military or imperial rank began in 1391 during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), and continued throughout the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). These insignia were sewn onto or woven into the wearer’s garments to indicate their rank. Civil officials wore insignia with different bird species corresponding to their rank, while animals denoted military officers. The fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 brought an end to rank insignia.

Catalogue note: The real or mythical animals that decorate military rank insignia symbolise the wearer’s courage. As with civil officials, the order of ranking creatures varied over time. By the late Qing Dynasty the order was: the mythical qilin, lion, leopard, tiger, bear, panther, rhinoceros (seventh, after 1759, and eighth) and sea horse (not the undersea creature, but an actual horse galloping through the waves). Military officials sat on the emperor’s right, so their animals faced left towards him as a sign of respect. Military squares are more desirable because they are harder to find than civil badges. Focusing on the details is essential to identifying animals. At first glance a tiger may look like a panther, until you spot wavy lines or open crescent shapes on its body and three horizontal lines on its forehead to symbolise its status as king of beasts. Panthers, on the other hand, do not have distinguishing marks.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1206. A pair of kesi military officials badges with bears, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Fifth military rank. Each woven in the center with a bear alighting on a rock emerging from water motifs as it faces the sun, surrounded by ruyi-shaped clouds, the wufu and the ‘Eight Buddhist Emblems’ (bajixiang) as well as peonies and narcissus spouting from rocks, all in bright tones of different shades of blue, coral red, white and pink. At the lower corner a fish jumping in the foaming waves. All within a scrolling border in gold thread against a dark ground. Lined in blue sik. Measure 30x29 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Christies, Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art & Textiles, 5497. Lot no 560. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Literature: Illustrated Precedents for the Ritual Paraphernalia of the Imperial Court, published in 1759, tells us much about how Court attire was regulated by imperial decrees. The Chinese tradition of wearing rank badges (buzi), also known as Mandarin squares, to demonstrate civil, military or imperial rank began in 1391 during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), and continued throughout the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). These insignia were sewn onto or woven into the wearer’s garments to indicate their rank. Civil officials wore insignia with different bird species corresponding to their rank, while animals denoted military officers. The fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 brought an end to rank insignia.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1207. A Chinese embroidered triangular silk banner, late Qing dynasty/possibly early 20th century.

Of triangular form, embroidered double sided in silk thread, displaying a sinous four-clawed dragon in persuit of a pearl amidst cloud formations all against a blue ground, around the edges lined with red silk. Measure approx 172 x 195 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis 2014, then part of a private Swedish collection, to see other lots from the same collection, see Sale 580, lot no 211 and 222. Property of a private Finnish Collection.

Catalogue note: Banners of varying colours played a crucial role in coordinating battlefield manoeuvres and maintaining order during military parades.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1208. An antique yellow ground Ningxia rug, Qing dynasty, 18th century, c. 152 x 84 cm. A yellow ground with two deep blue medallions consisting of two archaic scrolling dragons amidst flowers and foliage. A yellow main border with a deep blue flower border with light blue and ivory flowers.

Provenance: From a Northern European collection. Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 12 000 / EUR 910 – 1 090

1209. A Ningxia banner rug, north China, late Qing dynasty, c. 230 x 222 cm. The yellow ground colour, reserved for the emperor, forms the central field and is decorated with two rows of three five-clawed dragons each, depicted among clouds and flames above Mount Meru. Above this section, three additional dragons can be found on a blue ground, placed in a cloud landscape. The composition includes a total of nine dragons, arranged in three groups of three.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 60 000 / EUR 4 550 – 5 460

1210.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 40 000 / EUR 2 730 – 3 640

An Antique Ningzia Temple carpet, northern China, c. 208 x 131 cm.

camel coloured ground with two Lamaist monks surrounded by Buddhist emblems, blowing conch shells to summon the lamas to prayer, above the monks a jewel garland and meander. Below them, sacred mountains rise from the waves of the sea.

1211. An antique ‘Khagangma’ rug Tibet, around 1900, c. 66 x 61 cm.

A dark blue ground with a dragon chasing the burning pearl among clouds, a phoenix bird and peonies.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1212. An antique ‘Khagangma’ rug, Tibet, around 1900, c. 74 x 63 cm.

A terracotta coloured ground with a stylized phoenix bird among peonies and other plants.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1213. An antique Tibetan rug, around 1900, c. 168x84 cm.

A red melange ground with a large peony and two four-clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations and phoenix-birds.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1214. An antique Baotou rug, northern China, late Qing dynasty, circa 1900 , c. 17 8 x 90 cm. Decorated with a carp leaping up through fierce waves transforming in to a dragon.

Catalogue note: L ǐ yuè lóngmén” (鲤跃龙门 ): The Carp Leaps Over the Dragon Gate is one of the most enduring idioms in Chinese culture. It expresses the idea that perseverance and effort can transform the ordinary into something extraordinary, a lesson deeply rooted in Confucian, Daoist, and folk traditions. According to tradition, a carp that could swim upstream and then leap the falls of the Yellow River at Dragon Gate (Longmen) would be transformed into a dragon. This motif symbolizes success in the civil service examinations.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1216. A pair of hardwood armchairs, late Qing dynasty. Each chair has a tall back splat carved with two registers, each enclosing a panel decorated with a figure and a flower, framed by the openwork back and side rails carved as archaistic scrolls. The wide rectangular seat is above a beaded apron carved with a stylized bat. The legs are of square section and joined by stretchers. Height 92 cm, width 66 cm, depth 48.5 cm. Seat height at 50 cm.

Provenance: Purchased by a Swedish Collector at Lilla Bukowskis, Strandvägen, Stockholm in the late 1990’s.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1215. An antique Baotou rug, northern China, late Qing dynasty, around 1900, c. 252 x 151 cm.

A large polychrome landscape with blossoming trees, mountains, and birds against a blood-red sky.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 12 000 / EUR 910 – 1 090

1217. A hardwood square stool (Fangdeng), Qing dynasty, 19th century.

The panel top set within a square frame with rounded corners, above a narrow openwork waist supported by four rounded legs joined by stretchers. Measure top panel 34 x 34 cm.

Height 46 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with a pair of this type sold at Sothebys, Chinese Art. 18 March 2025, New York. Lot no 280.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1218. A set of two Chinese hardwood stands/tables, late Qing dynasty.

Matched set. The rectangular top with inset panel above a pierced apron carved with a ruyi scroll. The four legs joined by an undertier and ending in ball and claw feet. Measure approx 40 x 30.5 x 59 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1219. A Chinese hardwood kang table, late Qing dynasty. Of rectangular shape, pierced aprons with birds amidst cherry blossom. Measure 61.5 x 34 cm. Height 28 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1220. A red lacquer tianqi altar table, Qing dynasty.

The rectangular top colourfully decorated with a landscape scene as well as with two smaller scenes depicting various plants and flowers, all reserved on a floral diaper on red ground, the table sides and the square-section legs all decorated with designs of leafy scrolling lotus blooms, the openwork apron with blossoming flowers within meandering scrolling tendrils, the legs terminating in hoof feet. Height 77 cm, length 125 cm, depth 42 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, sale 621, 733. Then from a private Swedish Estate.

Catalogue note: The technique tianqi involves the building up of layers of lacquer over wood covered in hemp cloth. Each layer is left to dry and then polished down; once thick enough the design is incised on the surface and these areas are outlined with gilt and filled in with lacquers of various colors including tones of red ochre, green, black and brown.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1221. A cinnaber lacquer box with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Lobed, with carved decoration of a scholar in a landscape with an attendant, the sides of the box and cover with cartouches of floral sprays, all atop keyfret border feet, the interiors lacquered black. Height 6 cm. Diameter 14 cm.

Provenance: Purchased from Bukowskis, 2014, Sale 580, lot no 421. Then from a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1222. 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. The image illustrated in the catalogue depicts the display cabinet in their home at Vasastan, Stockholm.

Catalogue note: Openwork display cabinets, known as duobaoge or ‘curio cabinet of many treasures’ developed and reached the height of popularity during the 18th century gracing the Imperial halls. The carefully designed asymmetrical and irregular compartments are characteristic of the duobaoge developed in the early Qing period. Such cabinets would have been used to display precious objects including ceramics, jades carvings, cloisonné enamel and archaic and later bronzes.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1223. A large wellsculptured root sculpture of ‘Sholau and attendant’, late Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Sculptured as Sholaou standing atop a root formation with his attendant, a crane and holding a fish. Height 147 cm. Width 60 cm. Can be dismounted in parts for shipping.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector. Purchased at Lempertz, 2002.

Literature: Rootcarvings has a long tradition in China. In the Qing Dynasty, a large Group of root carving artists emerged, due to the popularity of the subjekt, bringing the art to a higher level. Today, a lot of root carving treasures of the Qing Dynasty are kept in the Palace Museum and the Summer Palace of Beijing as well as in Yuyuan Garden of Shanghai.

Catalogue note: The sculpture has numerous openings within the contorted matrix of the roots which, combined with the visual evidence of the roots’ growth, creates a sense of urgent movement and vitality.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1224. A well carved box with cover and brush pot, China, presumably Republic.

The box with pierced cover. Measure 8.4 x 13.5 x 4.8 cm. The brush pot carved with four scenes with scholars and attendants set in a landscape. Measure 12.8.5 x 8.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1225. A pair of hardwood ‘Weiqi’ boxes with covers, China, presumably Republic.

Carved in the shape of melons. Diameter 13 cm. Wooden stands accompanies the lot, height with stand 12.5 cm.

Literature: The game of Go ‘Wéiqí’ originated in China in ancient times. It was considered one of the four essential arts of a cultured Chinese scholar in antiquity and is described as a worthy pastime for a gentleman in the Analects of Confucius. The game was described by Thomas Hyde in 1694, but it did not become popular in the West until the late 19th century.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

Provenance: Övedskloster Castle, Skåne, Sweden.

Catalogue note: Although glass vessels had long been made in China, the production of flat glass was not accomplished until the nineteenth century. Even in the Imperial glass workshops, set up in Beijing in 1696 under the supervision of the Jesuit Kilian Stumpf, window glass or mirrored glass was not successfully produced. As a result, from the middle of the eighteenth century onwards, when reverse glass painting was already popular in Europe, sheets of both clear and mirrored glass were sent to Canton from Europe. Chinese artists, who were already expert in painting and calligraphy, took up the practice of painting in oil on glass, tracing the outlines of their designs on the back of the plate and, using a special steel implement, scraping away the mirror backing to reveal glass that could then be painted. Glass paintings were made almost entirely for export, fueled by the mania in Europe for all things Chinese. They are often found in the great country house interiors of the second half of the century, amazing survivals of a luxury trade.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

Detail cover.

1227. A pair of Chinese reverse glass miniature paintings, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Two portraits of Chinese men in traditional clothing. Brass frames. Measure with frame 6.5 x 5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Maurtiz Salomon von Krusenstjerna (1746–1810), a Swedish naval officer who who made eight voyages to China in the service of the Swedish East India Company, starting from 1766, thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 12 000 / EUR 910 – 1 090

1228. Qian Weicheng, (China 1720–1772), ink and colour on silk. ‘Mountainious landscape’.

Calligraphy and two seals in red. Image area 122 x 65.5 cm. Total length 184 cm. Can be rolled up.

Provenance: A Swedish private collector who worked in Hong Kong during the 1960s and studied Chinese art, she traveled to Beijing during this period, where she purchased artworks. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 35 000 / EUR 2 730 – 3 190

1229. A stone bi disc, Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.).

Geometrical pattern. Diameter 20.9 cm.

Provenance: From the collection Sven-Erik Hedin (1920–2013) thence by descent. Sven-Eriks interest for Asian Works of Art started when he served in Korea in the 1950’s during the Korean war. Purchased from Orvar Karlbeck.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1230. Two jade ornaments, presumably neolitic.

An animal shaped button. A carved belt buckle/ ornament, length 5.6 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Skånes Auktionsverk 28 maj 2006, then from the collection of Gustaf Hilleström.

Exhibitions: One piece depicted in the catalogue. Kina som hobby, Gustaf Hilleströms samling, Östasiatiska Museet, Stockholm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1231. A group of carved nephrite and jade ornaments, China, Qing dynasty and older. (8 pieces).

Comprising; a seal boulder decorated with two dragons. Height 10.5 cm. Six archaistic bi discs of different decoration. Diameter 3.5–9.5 cm. Diameter 2 cm. A featherholder for a mandarin officials hat, length 6.8 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Skånes Auktionsverk 28 maj 2006, then from the collection of Gustaf Hilleström.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1232. A group of five jade carvings, Qing dynasty. Sculptured with lotus, peony, plum and cherry blossom against an infinity scroll. Length jade 4.5–5.5 cm.

Measure box/tray 16.7 x 12.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector. Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1233. A white nephrite snuff bottle with stopper, Qing dynasty (1644–1912).

Round flattened shape with cylindrical neck. Decorated with archasitic masks in relief to both sides of the body. Height 6 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1234. A sculptured nefrite figure, China, 20th century.

A qilingdragon on a gourd fruit. Length 8 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1235. A well carved green stone box with cover, China, 20th century.

Rectangular shape with rounded corners, well sculptured with qilin dragons on the cover. Measure 9.5 x 8.5 x 4 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

LOT 1239, 1237, 1224, 1231, 1230 and 1225.

1236. A spinach green stone dish with silver mounting, late Qing dynasty / around 1900. Lebkuecher & Co Newark c 1896–1909.

Round with slightly flared rim. The base with silver mounting decorated with meander border.

Stamp “L Sterling 656/2” (Lebkuecher & Co Newark, New Jersey, USA, c. 1896–1909).

Height 3.5, diameter 11.3 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1237. A stone paper weight, presumably late Ming dynasty.

Of square shape, set with a buddhist lion as a handle, decorated with lotus and stylized patterns. Measure 19 x 19 x 14.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1238. A pair of large soapstone seal stamps, late Qing dynasty/circa 1900.

Carved with a round pillar with the eight daoist immortals sculptured around it, crowned by a large buddhist lion with a brocade ball and a litter of pups climbing and playing around it.

Measure 8 x 8 x 20 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1239. A pair of bronze joss stick holder, Yuan/Mingdynasty.

Standing buddhist lions, caparisoned and carrying a lotus throne with a joss stick holder on the back. Length 14.5 cm. Height 18 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1240. A large archaistic bronze tite wine vessel, Hu, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Of archaistic shape with a broad pear shaped body raised on a spreading pedestal foot, with a pair of mask handles cast in high relief on the shoulder suspending loose rings. The vessel is further decorated with a broad band of taotie masks and lappets of stylized patterns. Height 37 cm. Height with wooden stand 43 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, 597, lot 365. From the collection of a Swedish businessman and Collector of Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art who passed away in the 1990’s. Thence by descent. Lots from this collection also sold in these rooms at auction 593.

Exhibitions: Compare with a vases of this type in the palace museum, such as: https://intl.dpm.org.cn/ BronzeBrassandCopper/8921.html.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

incised foliate borders falling in graceful folds, the face well cast in a meditative expression flanked by the large ears beneath the tight whorls of hair surmounted by a tall usnisa, with traces of gilt lacquer.

Traces of red to the interior. Height 37 cm. Width 23 cm.

Provenance: Purchased by a Swedish collector from Beijer Auction house, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1989, lot no 1018.

Exhibitions: Compare one sold at Christies, Art of China| Including Property from the Junkunc Collection. 11–29 JUN 2021, lot 103.

Literature: The full, yet somewhat squared facial features, robust body and stylization of the boldly cast lotus lappet base all indicate a fifteenth century date. Compare, for example, a related gilt-bronze figure of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, dated to the first year of Jingtai (1450), illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Buddhist Statues (I), Beijing, 1999, p. 153, no. 115.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 730 – 4 550

1244. A bronze sculpture of a crowned Buddha, presumably late Ming dynasty, with an inscription dating it as 1530.

1242. A Chinese gilt lacquered figure of a daoist deity, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The figure, with benevolent expression, is cast in a seated position with hands clasped together in front of the chest, and wearing a voluminous robe that falls to the top of his ruyi-toed shoes and is secured with a court belt and a long sash tied in a bow between the legs. The borders are variously with dragons chasing flaming pearls, Chinese characters and floral scroll. The deity also wears a ribbed headdress secured by a hairpin and hung with cords that trail behind the ears and are then crossed above a lock-form pendant. Height 24.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased by a Swedish collector at Bukowskis Sale 544, lot no 1549.

Catalogue note: Daoism flourished in the Ming dynasty under Imperial patronage, especially under the Jiajing and Wanli emperors who were fervent supporters of Daoist practices.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

With inscription to the base with a cyclical date that can be interpreted as; ‘Made on the twentieth day of the third month in the ninth year of the Jiajing reign (1530), by Wu Liangjing and Hao Miaolian together with their son Wu Han’. The crowned Buddha shown seated in padmasana. Lacquered and with cold gilt. Height 32,2 cm.

Estimate: SEK 100 000 – 125 000 / EUR 9 090 – 11 370

1245. A Pala revival bronze figure of Sitatapatra, Tibet, known as the ‘the white parasol Goddess’, 18th century. Seated in dhyanasana on a raised pala revival style base with double lotus, wearing an ornate crown, high chignong, wearing body jewellery and the elegantly folded dhoti with a foliage border decoration with gold inlay. Traces of cold gilt. Height 22.2 cm.

Provenance: One of Sweden’s early legal pioneers who travelled together with Gunnar Andersson in China in the 1920s and 1930s and after that completing legal studies. This individual worked in courts, government agencies, and legal aid, eventually establishing an independent law practice and joining the Swedish Bar Association in the mid-1940s. Over the following decades, they were deeply involved in a wide range of cultural and international associations. They held leadership positions in legal networks, cultural societies, and international friendship organizations, and played a key role in founding and leading several national and global initiatives. They also chaired a major national council focused on civil society and advocacy work. In addition to a legal career, this person contributed to academic and international publications on law and cultural studies..

Catalogue note: The Sanskrit name for the White Umbrella Deity is Ushnisha Sitatapatra [Tib: dü kar] which can also be translated as “The Victorious White Parasol.” Her parasol indicates her ability to protect sentient beings from natural catastrophes, diseases, and so forth. She is white in color, because the principal means by which she accomplishes this function is the enlightenment energy of pacification. Ushnisha Sitatapatra is a female form of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Like him in his elaborate form, she also has a thousand eyes that watch over living beings, and a thousand arms that protect and assist them. Thus she symbolizes the power of active compassion. In the 18th Century Tibetans frequently used the Indian Pala style (8th–12th Century) as models for their own sculptures.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 50 000 / EUR 2 730 – 4 550

1246. A bronze figure of Boddhisattva seated on an elephant, probably late Ming dynasty.

Cast seated in lalitasana on a recumbent caparisoned elephant, his right hand raised in vitarkamudra, the benevolent face framed by a foliate tiara, wearing a dhoti detailed with elaborate borders and adorned with beaded jewellery, all supported on a single-lotus pedestal. Höjd 21 cm.

Provenance: One of Sweden’s early legal female pioneers who travelled together with Gunnar Andersson in China in the 1920s and 1930s and after that completing her legal studies. This individual worked in courts, government agencies, and legal aid, eventually establishing an independent law practice and joining the Swedish Bar Association in the mid-1940s. Over the following decades, they were deeply involved in a wide range of cultural and international associations. They held leadership positions in legal networks, cultural societies, and international friendship organizations, and played a key role in founding and leading several national and global initiatives. They also chaired a major national council focused on civil society and advocacy work.In addition to a legal career, this person contributed to academic and international publications on law and cultural studies.

Catalogue note: Samantabhadra is the Bodhisattva associated with the practise of Buddhist teaching and joins Manjushri, the lord of transcendent wisdom, in a trinity with Shakyamuni Buddha. The Bodhisattva is borne by a white elephant, symbolic of the strength achieved through the practise of Buddhism.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1247. A lacquer figure of a standing Buddha, late Ming dynasty/early Qing dynasty.

Depicted standing with thick overlapping draped robes falling in loops, on a double lotus throne, the hands in a mudra. The surface densly covered in a gilt lacquer. Height 26.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Karin Mathilda Wennberg, nee Berg).

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

LOT 1205. A pair of continued stich military official rank badges with tigers, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

The Rashammar collection

Gösta Rashammar was a curious and passionate collector with a keen eye for aesthetics and perfection. Gösta and his wife Märta made sure to visit all the fine art viewings in Stockholm and gradually built up a fantastic collection. It all began in his early years when Gösta Rashammar, born in 1919 in Norrköping, d iscovered the joy of interpreting and describing his surroundings with the help of a camera, brushes, and easel. After completing his studies, he moved to Stockholm and started his career at one of Sweden’s leading department store chains. Gösta was responsible for decoration and signage, and it was when he was commissioned by the American company Max Factor to develop an Asian theme interior decoration that h is interest in Asia and primarily China developed. Anyone who had the pleasure of visiting the couple’s beautiful home in the city center of Stockholm could enjoy Göstas feeling for interior design, the prized piece of the collection was the Zanabazar Buddha. To see other lots sold from the Rashammar collection, see Stockholms Auktionsverk, 12 June 2016.

1248. A Mongolian Gilt Bronze Figure of Buddha, Zanabazar school, 18th century.

Seated in dhyanasana on an elevated double-lotus base holding a bowl in his lap, clad in a closely-fitting sanghati with a floral and curlicue hem, the folds elegantly draped over the shoulder and fanning below the ankles, the face with heavylidded fish-shaped eyes and centered by a raised urna, and the hair in very fine tight curls over the prominent ushnisha and topped with a knop. Unsealed. Height approx. 18.5 cm.

Provenance: The Rashammar collection, thence by descent.

Exhibitions: To compare with other Buddhas of this type sold, see: Christie’s, New York, 19 March 2013, lot 219. See also Christies, 15 March 2016 | Live auction 12168. Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art, lot 251 for one of the same size. See also; Sothebys, New York, 17 September 2013, lot 63.

Literature: This exceptionally beautiful gilt bronze figure of Buddha Amitabha embodies stylistic sophistication and technical finesse, hallmarks of the Zanabazar sculptural school. The workshop of the great Mongolian political and religious leader and master artist, Jebstundamba Khutukhtu Zanabazar (1635-1723), is renowned for incorporating Pala, Newari and Yongle stylistic elements into a uniquely Mongolian artistic expression. Cast as a single form with superbly modeled details and thick, lustrous gilding, Zanabazar school bonzes are hailed as sculptural masterpieces of the period. The noted scholar and conservator Giles Beguin states; “The molded perfection of his pieces, the refinement and variety of the jewelry, and the subtlety of his drapery constitute the height of Lamaistic art” (A. & F. Rossi, Treasures from Mongolia: Buddhist Sculpture from the School of Zanabazar, London, 2005.

Catalogue note: Tulku Zanabazar (c. 1635–1723) was a direct descendent of Genghis Khan and the religious leader and master artist of Mongolia. From 1649 to 1651 he traveled extensively through Tibet, collecting examples of metalwork. Upon his return to Mongolia, Dalai Lama ordered a group of monks and artists to return with him and teach the local Mongolian artists their crafts of metalcasting, architecture and iconography. The imperial art school founded by Zanabazar produced some of the finest bronzes in the history of Mongolian art. Characterized by richly gilt surfaces overall, finely modeled and smoothly sloping contours with embellishments limited to borders, full figures standing or seated on an elevated double-lotus base, and a minimalist aesthetic that endows the figures with a sense of stability, Zanabazar bronze sculptures exhibit a cohesive style testament to the vision of the great leader.

Estimate: SEK 350 000 – 500 000 / EUR 31 820 – 45 460

Gösta and his wife Märta in their home in the city centre of Stockholm.

1248. A Mongolian Gilt Bronze Figure of Buddha, Zanabazar school, 18th century.

1249. A copper alloy figure of Green Tara, Tibet, 17/18th century or later. The beautiful liberator, Green Tara, cast seated in lalitasana (‘Royal Ease’) on a double-lotus base ready to swiftly come to the aid of her devotees. A jeweled string that rests across her thighs and ornate lotus blossoms at her shoulder a graceful s-curve of her pose, her extended right leg supported by a separate padma, her right hand lowered touching her knee in varada mudra, her left hand raised in vitarka mudra holding a lotus stem rising to her shoulder. Height 13 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1250. A Chinese parcel-gilt bronze stand for the ‘five sensory offerings’, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Heavily cast, with a naturalistic high relief of scrolling foliage, five lotus-thrones supporting the now missing Buddhist ‘Five Sensory Offerings’ consisting of a mirror, lute, perfumed conch shell, fruit and silk cloth, all supported on a ribbon tied shaped base. Height 28 cm. Width 32.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bruun Rasmussen, May 21 2015, lot 1521. From the Collection of the Danish Telegraph Manager and Art Collector Sophus Marius Black (2/5 1882–22/12 1960). Sophus was employed by the Great Northern Telegraph Company, was stationed in China 1902–31. After service in Shanghai, Yantai (Chefoo) and Tianjin, he came to Beijing in 1907, and from 1919 he served as manager of the company’s station there and periodically in Tianjin, Yantai (Chefoo) and Hong Kong. B. was soon preoccupied with Chinese culture and art. He understood and respected the Chinese mentality, learned the language, lived by the country’s customs and soon began to build a vast Collection. Over the years, his collection became versatile and rich, including Buddhist figures, Paintings and Works of Art. In 1930 the family moved home, and managed to bring the collections.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1251. No lot.

1252. A gilt bronze figure of Vajrabhairava, Tibeto-Chinese, 19th century or older.

The deity depicted standing with a fierce expression, flaming hair, holding a kappala in the right hand and a grigug in the left. Height 14.5 cm. Height with wooden stand 17 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector of Buddhist art, aquired in Stockholm in 2001, from Klas Engberg, Tegnergatan, Stockholm, with label from Nils Nessim Collection.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 35 000 / EUR 2 280 – 3 190

1253. A bronze Buddha Vairocana, Eastern Java, 10th century.

Cast elegantly seated on a double lotus throne placed on a tall throne with pierced base with flower and two vertical openings. An elongated slim body, tall ushinsha, a dhoti that clings tigtly to the body speaks of influences form the from northeast India, Nalanda. Height 11.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased by a Swedish collector of Buddhist art from Boran Asian Art, Miles Gilbert, London, Grays Mews, October 2010, in comission for Thomas White, brittisk diplomat, MBE, stationed at Java in the 1960’s.

Literature: Compare with Buddhas in the Rijksmuseeum, Amsterdam, Divine Bronze, 1988. And the Lotus Transcendent, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1254. A bronze figure with Buddha with a halo, Burma, 16th century.

Depicted seated on a tall hourglass-shaped throne with the hands in bumispharsa mudra, the earth touching gesture. The type of halo, ushnisha and elongated body speaks of Ava, in northeast Burma. Traces of gilding. Height 18 cm.

Provenance: Purchased by a Swedish collector of buddhist art from Lempertz.

Literature: Compare a similar depicted in Denis Lapage, page, Myanmar Buddhist Imagery, evolution throught the ages, printed 2022, page. 284.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1255. A gilt bronze figure of Buddha, Burma, Shan-state, 18th century. The deity is depicted seated on a tall throne, and has many of the characteristics of a Shan Buddha, the tall gourd shaped ushnisa, the triangle shaped throne with a flat backside, the elongated ears meeting the shoulders, and the engraved decorative elements to the robe. Height 20 cm.

Provenance: Purchased by a Swedish collector of buddhist art from Jonathan Tucker, Bury Street, London, Asian Art Resources. According to Mr Tucker he acquired it in Germany in the early 1980’s.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1256. A painted and lacquered wooden sculpture of a

Depicting a monk with the hands in anjali mudra, seated on a rectangular base painted with stripes like on a carpet, the inscription to the base translates to ‘he works as a buddhist sculptor in the castle and his name is Ungan’. Height 18.5 cm.

Purchased by a Swedish collector of buddhist art from Strombergs Antik, 1998/1999, Stora Kongensgade, Copenhagen,

Compare with sculptures in Buddhism, Art and Faith by B.

SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1257. An elegant bronze sculpture of Guanyin, 17th/18th century.

Elegantly cast depicting the deity seated clad in flowing robes and upswept hair, holding a ruyi sceptre in her hand. The back of the figure with some kind of cloud formations. Height 9.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased by a Swedish collector of buddhist art, from Ralph Rilton Gallery, 2008, Old Town, Stockholm, Sweden.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1258. A tripod bronze censer, late Ming dynasty/early Qing dynasty.

Tripod with upturned handles. Length 16.5 cm. Height 9.5 cm. Weight 1797 gram.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

LOT 1245, 1287, 1286, 1240, 1342, 1343, 1319 and 1294. Various owners.

1259. A cloisonne enamel meiping vase, Ming dynasty 1368–1644).

Decorated with flowering lotus issuing from a pond with aquatic plants above a serrated petal band, below bands of chrysanthemum flowerheads and trailing leaves and scrolling fruiting vine within gilt bands on a purple ground. Height 20.3 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Fritz Wasston, who passed away in the early 1970’s, thence by descent within the family.

Exhibitions: Compare with a vase in the Collection of Les Arts Decoratifs-musee des arts descoratifs, Paris, France, Donated by David Davis-Weill, inv no, 23.608. Dated as early Ming dynasty. The David Weill Piece is depicted in, Cloisonne, Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Edited by Beatrice Quette, page 36. Compare with a simlar vase sold at Christies. Lot 497, 12 Nov 2004 | Live auction 9963. Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.

Literature: Chinese Cloisonne in the Pierre Uldry Collection, compare with item no 41, a meiping vase of this type dated as from the first half of the 16th century. Full page image on Pl. 41. Sir Harry Garner, Chinese & Japanese Cloisonne enamels; Compare with one depicted on pl. 44B.

Catalogue note: It is interesting to parallell the beautiful dark blue ground on the vase with the fahua, 15th century Meiping vases. The large petaled flowers are also a reminiscent of flowers that can be found on the fahua ceramics around 1500. Fahua ceramics share technical parallels with cloisonné enamels, as both media feature enclosures filled in with a colored glaze or enamel.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 640 – 5 460

1261. An enamel on copper vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Ovoid shape, decorated with a scholar and two attendants in a rocky landscape. Height 9.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1260. A cloisonné stem cup, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Rounded cup on a tall splayed fot, decorated with enamels in green, turquoise, red, white, black and yellow against a purple ground. Height 10.5 cm. Diameter 17 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Fritz Wasston, who passed away in the early 1970’s, thence by descent within the family.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1262. An enamel on copper goblet and cup with stand, Qing dynasty, 18/19th century.

After a European silver model, decorated with a continuous lotus scroll against a blue ground. Height 15.2 cm. Diameter 9.2 cm. The cup decorated with a continuous floral scroll against a turquoise ground, the interior of the cup pink. Diameter cup 6 cm. Diameter dish 10.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1263. A fine Chinese Export silver tea and coffee service, Sing Fat, early 20th century.

Comprising: a fine covered coffee pot, height 21.5 cm, a covered teapot height 15 cm, length 23 cm, a creamer, height 8.5 cm, a sugar bowl with cover, height 10 cm, a suger plier, length 13.5 cm. Each with bamboo-shaped handle and repoussé decoration of birds in a lotus pond, the bases stamped SF (Sing Fat), 90 and two Chinese characters some a bit unclear.

Estimate: SEK 25 000 – 35 000 / EUR 2 280 – 3 190

1264. A lobed silver tray on four feet, Shanghai, Singfat, China Trade.

Lobed. Decorated with relief landscape featuring citywall. Length 44 cm. Width 35 cm. Height 4 cm. Weight 1325 grams.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1265. A Chinese double walled ‘dragon’ silver bowl, Shanghai, around 1900. Inpressed makers mark. Double walled bowl decorated with a fierce dragon in high relief shasing the flaming pearl. With an inscription around the foot that reads ‘Fra norske vänner i Shanghai 1905’, translates to ‘from Norwegian friends in Shanghai in 1905’. Diameter widest part 24.5 cm. Height 10.5 cm. Weight 1104.4 gram.

Provenance: From the collection of the Swedish diplomat Consul General Sigurd Teodor von Goës (1868–1926) who served att the Swedish-Norwegian consulate in Shanghai, China.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1266. Two Chinese silver models of djunks, Shanghai, around 1900. The larger djunk with a wooden stand, height 14 cm. Length 18 cm. The smaller one, height 10 cm. Length 10.5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of the Swedish diplomat Consul General Sigurd Teodor von Goës (1868–1926) who served att the Swedish-Norwegian consulate in Shanghai, China.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1267. A bronze tripod censer, late Qingdynasty/around 1900. Archaistic mark to base. Tripod with upturned handles and decorated in a goldsplashed manner. Length 10 cm. Height 5.5 cm. SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1268. An elegant moulded yellow glass censer, late Qing or early 20th century.

Rounded sides on a splayed foot and with a lipped rim and two elephant handles. Molded shape, incised decoration around the body with taotie masks and stylized confronting archaistic dragons below a meander frieze. The opaque glass in a warm lemon-yellow colour. Height 8.5 cm. Length 15.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

Supported on a shallow foot with rounded sides and everted rim. Both the cup and the domed cover carved around the sides with a continuous scene of birds in a lotus pond. The glass is of rich egg yolk-yellow color. Diameter bowl 9.4 cm.

Height cup with cover 9 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1270. A yellow glazed potted figure of a groom, Tang dynasty (618–907).

Depicting a standing figure of a Central Asian groom. Height with wooden base 41.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, 565, lot no 1216. Then from Wanås Castle, Skåne.

Exhibitions: Compare with a very similar but unglazed figure in the V&A, London, accession no FE.154&A-1974. Compare a groom of this type but in two colours in the Royal Ontario Museum, Object number 918.21.717.

Credit Line: The George Crofts Collection.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1271. A wucai ‘lion’ tray, late Ming dynasty, Tianqi/Chongzhen.

Round decorated with two buddhist lions amidst cloud formations and beribboned cashe.

Diameter 25.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1272. A wucai vase, Transition, 17th century.

Rounded sides, unglazed rim, decorated with birds in a garden in full bloom. Height 23.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1273. A wucai ‘sleeve’ vase, Transition, 17th century. Tall slender shape with slightly everted rim. Decorated with birds in a garden setting. Height 25 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1274. A wucai jar with buddhist lions, Transition, mid 17th century. Of baluster shape, decorated with lively buddhist lions amidst a floral scroll. Height 30 cm. Height with carved wooden stand and cover 48 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector. Purchased at Bukowskis, Sale 577, 1474 in 2013. Then from the collection of a Swedish collector whoms father was a prominent businessman who lived and worked in Japan in the 1920’s as head of Firma Martin Månsson in Tokyo and Osaka.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1275. A large iron red decorated ‘pie-crust’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Octagonal shape decorated with flowers in iron red and gold. Diameter 37 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1276. A tea pot with cover and stand, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Decorated with a floral decoration in relief, the dish in chrysanthemum shape. Diameter dish 15 cm. Length pot 14.5 cm. Height 11.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1278. An underglaze blue and gold punch bowl, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Rounded sides on a tall footrim, decorated in underglaze blue, rouge de fer and gold. Diameter 23 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1277. A large iron red and famille verte charger, Qing dynasty, early 18th century.

Central motif of a scholar by three large porcelain pieces, an attendant fetching a drink in a golden cup. Diameter 34.8 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1279. A pair of large vases with covers, Qing dynasty, 18/19th century.

Of baluster shape, decorated with flowers and butterflies against an underglaze blue ground with gilded details. Height 46 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1280. A blue glazed tripod censer, late Ming dynasty, 17th century.

After a bronze model with two small handles, glazed in a blue ge glaze.

Diameter 22 cm. Height 10.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Exhibited at the National Museum, in Stockholm. The Chinese Exhibition 1928. Lot no 395.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1281. A pair of Chinese blanc de Chine ‘Buddhist lion’ joss stick holders, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Each modeled with one paw resting on a pierced brocade-patterned ball above rectangular bases. Height 33 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector, purchased at Christie’s in 2001.

Exhibitions: Compare with sculptures like these in the Royal Dresden Porzellan Collection. Museum Inventory Number; PO 2902. Palace Number/Johanneum mark; N 4 [Triangle]. Compare also a similar pair sold at Sothebys, 20 April 2018 New York. Lot 1061.

Literature: Compare similar examples in the Hickley collection, illustrated in Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Blanc de Chine: Porcelain from Dehua, Chicago, 2002, pls 90 and 91.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1282. A set of two blanc de Chine ‘libation’ cups, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

After a model in rhinoceros horn, decorated in relief with dragons and deer. Height 8 cm. Length c. 14 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with several libation cups like these in the Staatliche kunstsammlung Dresden, for example; Inventory no PO 686.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1283. A blanc de Chine figure of ‘Zhenwu’, first half of 17th century.

The warlike figure is seated on a rocky throne with his left arm raised in a gesture of deterrence whilst a snake and the head of the tortoise project from the rocks below. He wears chest and thigh armour under his robe with his characteristic long hair falls to his shoulders. Height 23.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private collector. Purchased at Lawrence Auctioneers of Crewkerne, Somerset, 3 November 2005, lot no 624.

Exhibitions: Compare, an example of this model in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, credit line: Purchase by subscription, 1879. Object Number: 79.2.481. Compare also one in the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.

Literature: John Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, China Institute Gallery, New York, 2002, Item no 41. Page 90 Donnelly, 1969. Pl 101A. Kerr and Ayers, 2002, No. 26.

Catalogue note: Zhenwu is sometimes reffered to as ‘Perfect Warrior, Dark Lord of the Northern Quadrant’. Legend has it that Zhengwu was successful in defeating the demon kings despite the intervention of a snake and tortoise (which normally appear when he is depicted). He was thus accorded the titels of both ‘first Lord of the Highest Heaven’ and ‘Perfected Warrior’. He subsequently became one of the most popular Daoist deities in small-scale devotional sculpture. A temple to honour him was built at the norhernmost point of the Forbidden City. His role as a guardian reflects his association with the north, the direction from which China was constantly threatened by neighboring peoples from Central Asia.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 640 – 5 460

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1284. A turquoise glazed vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The vase is moulded to each side with a peach-form cartouche and is applied to the neck with two lug handles, glazed in a turquoise glaze. Height 25.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

everted rim, covered overall in a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze save for the base glazed white with an underglaze blue mark within double circle. Diameter 19 cm. Height 9 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1286. An archaistic porcelain vessel with cover, Qing dynasty with Guangxu six character mark and of the period (1875–1908).

Of pale yellow glaze. After the archaic bronze shape of 簠 (fu), the vessel of trapezoidal shape with straight lared sides supported on splayed bracket feet with arch-shaped apertres on all sides. The body with moulded decoration in relief with dragons and Chinese characters, dragon handles. Length 21 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with one sold in these rooms at Bukowskis, sale 601, lot no 646. Compare with one sold at Sothebys, lot 32, Important Chinese Art, 1 November 2023 London.

Literature: Compare with an inscribed bronze fu of the Zhou period, illustrated by J. Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sacker Collections, vol. IIA, 1990, p. 107, fig. 15b; it is interesting to note the Qing ceramic version follows closely with the same undulating motif

found decorating the vessel and lid of the early bronze original. There is also a bronze prototype of the perid in the Smithsonian, Accession Number S1987.314a-b. There listed as a: Grain server (fu).

Catalogue note: The present lot is a Qing-dynasty ceramic made in imitation of a bronze prototype that first appeared in the late Western Zhou dynasty as part of an extended repertoire of ritual vessels. Known as a fu, this type of vessel was used for storage of food. Qing ritual wares were strictly regulated and standardized under guidelines set out by the Qianlong emperor. It is known that regulations relating to the specification of ritual vessels were included in a series of manuscripts, first printed in 1766, known as the Huangchao Liqi Tushi, ‘Illustrated regulations for ceremonial paraphernalia of the Qing dynasty’. A drawing of a fu vessel, which is considered to be the source from which the 1766 edition was printed, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, is illustrated by M. Medley, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, ‘The “Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphernalia of the Ch’ing Dynasty” in the Victoria and Albert Museum’, pl. 39b.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1287. A red glazed ‘yu hu chun’ vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Of pear shape on a tall footrim, wasted neck, with a flared rim, glazed in a deep red glaze that is turning white by the rim. Height 32 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1289. A coral red-enameled double-gourd vase, Qing dynasty with Jiaqing mark (1796–1820).

The vase is enamelled to the exterior in bright orange-red, the interior and base are covered with a turquoise glaze.

Height 15 cm. Textile clad box accompanies the piece.

Estimate: SEK 35 000 – 40 000 / EUR 3 190 – 3 640

1290. A ge-glazed sacrificial cup, Qing dynasty, 18/19th century.

A well molded shape with a qilin dragon handle, crackle ge glaze. Height 8 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with a sacrificial cup of this type in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Credit Line: The Bloomfield Moore Collection, 1882. Accession Number: 1882–1576. Compare also in the same museum, Credit Line: Bequest of Dr. Francis W. Lewis, 1902. Accession Number: 1902–794.).

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1291. A ge glazed vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Of baluster shape with a straight rim, and qilin dragon handles. Height 38 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with a vase of this type but a slighty larger crackle glaze pattern, in the Royal Dresden Porzellan Collection; Museum Inventory Number PO 6954. Palace Number N 423.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1292. A Yixing tea pot with cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Marked Wanli.

Rounded shape with an upturned spout, glazed. Height handle up 22.5 cm.

Provenance: Private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with teapot that also has this polished surface in the Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Object number 976.358.17.B

Credit Line Gift of Mrs G. Egerton Brown.

Catalogue note: This Yixing teapot has been carefully polished to a sheen, causing it to resemble metal.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1293. A famille rose jar, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Of ovoid shape, decorated in famille rose with flowers against a cappuciner brown ground. Height 22 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1294. A doucai ‘prunus’ bowl, Qing dynasty, early 18th century. With an apocryphal Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within double circles. Deep rounded form raised on a short straight foot, delicately decorated to the exterior with a large prunus tree with blossoming branches and falling petals beside a flowering stream. Diameter 15.4 cm. Height 7.4 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare, Sothebys, lot 23, Chinese Art, Live Sale 5 November 2025. Compare also one in the Victoria & Albert Museum, that has the same decoration with flowers floating in the water, with a Kangxi mark and of the period. Accession number CIRC.323-1931.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1295. A famille rose cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Domed with a tall finial, decorated in famille rose colours featuring flowers and bands. Diameter 24.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 3 000 – 3 500 / EUR 280 – 320

1296. A famille rose ‘double peacock’ tureen with cover and stand, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Octagonal shape, decorated in famille rose with peacocks in a garden in full bloom. Length tureen 36 cm. Length dish 37 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector. This pattern, known as « Serviço dos Pavões » or « double peacocks Service », is one of the most famous design in Chinese Export Porcelain, specially in Portugal and Brazil. The royal family of Portugal owned one service with it. When Napoleon invaded Portugal, The King Joao VI, soon Emperor of Brazil, fled in exile to Brazil and brought his six Chinese porcelain services with him, including this one. The royal and imperial family used it then at the Paço de São Cristóvão and at Fazenda Imperial de Santa Cruz. It is known as the “viajante” service because, it first travelled from China to Portugal, and then from Portugal to Rio de Janeiro. When the Empire turned into the Republic of Brazil, the six Chinese porcelain services of the Joao VI were scattered through auctions held in 1890 by the auctioneer Joaquin Dias dos Santos in Rio de Janeiro. Since the archives of the auction house burned, it is now impossible to distinguish the pieces formerly owned by the King Joao VI from the pieces with this pattern produced at the same period.

Exhibitions: Pieces decorated with this pattern are held on at several Brazilian museums, such as the Museum Historico Nacional, the Museu do Estado da Bahia, the Museu Histórico Nacional, the Museu Simões da Silva, the Museu Carlos Costa Pinto, at the Fundação Cultural Ema Gordon Klabin (Brésil) and also in US collections (Reeves center Collection).

Literature: Almeida Santos, José (de). Manual do Colecionador Brasileiro. 1950. Veiga, Jorge Getúlio, A Porcelana da Companhia das Índias nas Coleções Particulares Brasileiras. 1986, p. 198. Brancante, Eldino da Fonseca, O Brasil e a louça da Índia, 1950. Ricardo Joppert. Companhia das Índias no Brasil Jenny Dreyfus, Louço da aristocratia do Brazil, p. 97.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1297. A group of famille rose ‘double peacock’ serving dishes, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95). (8 pieces).

Matched set decorated in famille rose with peacocks in a garden setting. Comprising: Sauce boat, length 19 cm. An oval serving dish, length 35.5 cm. A pair of serving dishes, length 31 cm. A small serving dish, length 27.5 cm. Two soup dishes, diameter 22.5 cm. A dish, diameter 22.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1298. A famille rose ‘double peacock’ serving dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Octagonal shape, decorated in famille rose with peacocks in a garden setting. Length 37 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1299. A famille rose ‘double peacock’ dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Octagonal decorated with peacocks in a garden in full bloom. Length 41.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1300. A famille rose ‘double peacock’ tureen stand, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Lobed, decorated in famille rose colours with peacocks in a garden in full bloom. Length 39 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Pieces decorated with this pattern are held on at several Brazilian museums, such as the Museum Historico Nacional, the Museu do Estado da Bahia, the Museu Histórico Nacional, the Museu Simões da Silva, the Museu Carlos Costa Pinto, Fundação Cultural Ema Gordon Klabin (Brésil) and also in US collections (Reeves center Collection).

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1301. A famille rose tureen with cover and a serving dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Octagonal shape with an acantus finial and decorated in famille rose with a garden in full bloom. Length of the serving dish 37 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1302. A famille rose ‘European Subject’ plate depicting the Judgement of Paris, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Decorated in vibrant famille rose colours with the well known motif of the judgement of Paris. Diameter 23 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Literature: Compare with plates with this subject matter are illustrated by D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, op.cit., nos.225–226; by D.S. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., vol.I, no.324; by M. Beurdeley, op.cit, nos.31, 130 and 131; by F. and N. Hervouët and Y. Bruneau, op.cit., p.310, nos.13.71-13.76.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1303. A famille rose armorial cup and stand with the crowned monogram of the Swedish King Gustavus III, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Diameter fat 12.5 cm. Diameter cup 7.5 cm.

Rounded sides, decorated with the crest for H.R.H King Gustav III of Sweden, and dated ‘D 19 AUG 1772’, commemorating his coup d’etat. This event, known as the revolution of 1772, was a coup by Gustav III to strengthen his Royal power and ended the age of Liberty in Sweden. Diameter kopp, diameter fat cm.

Provenance: Gustavus the III commissioned a tea and coffee service from China in 1776 to commemorate the revolution of 1772. The pieces were given to his supporters.

Exhibitions: Compare, Two cups with stands are at the Hallwylska Museum in Stockholm. xlviii:X:A.e.j.01._HWY. There is also a cup and a tea caddy at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, accession no CXV-1605.

Literature: Jan Wirgin, Thought and Form, Nat.mus. Page 220. Jan Wirgin, Från Kina till Europa. Page 160. Heribert Seitz: Souvenirer och politik år 1772, i RIG 1949:3, sid 97 -111.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1304. A famille rose armorial tea caddy with cover, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Efter a European silver model, finial in the shape of a buddhist lion, decorated in famille rose with coat of arms,

Övedskloster Castle, Skåne, Sweden. SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1305. A pair of ‘Marieberg’ potpourri jars with covers, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Of a classisistic Swedish ‘Marieberg’shape with pistol handles and pierced cover, decorated in blue enamel and gold. Height 37 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 30 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 730

1307. An enamelled potpourri vase made into a lamp, 18th century. After a faience modell, decorated with garlands and flowers in relief. Height vase 33 cm. Height with mount as a lamp 63 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector. Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

After the Swedish Marieberg model in faience with handles in the shape of pistols. Decorated in grisaille and gold with a central scene in the roundel with figures and a cityscape. Height 43 cm.

Provenance: According to family tradition it belonged the Mayor of Vimmerby, in Småland, Sweden, Mr Otto Gustaf Wahlberg and his son Otto Ossian Wahlberg, thence by descent within the family.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1308. An oval vegetable tureen with cover and a pillow shaped bowl, Qing dynasty, late 18th century.

Decorated with iron red and gilt garlands. Length tureen 32 cm. Measure 22 x 23 cm. Height 11 cm.

Provenance: From Övedskloster Castle, Skåne, Sweden.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1310. A pair of famille rose wall vases, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Half moon shaped, decorated with famille rose flower sprigs reserved against a ‘cracked ice’ turquoise-glazed ground. Length 18.5 cm. Height 5 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Gerald Elderling (born 1901–1991) and his wife Karin, Elderling had a long career working in Asia, Rangoon, Burma, where he arrived in the early 1930’s. They ended up in a Japanese POW camp during the war, and returned after the WWII to Gothenburg were he became the Dutch Counsul, and then later Counsul General. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1312. A turquoise/robins egg glazed figure of a buddhist lion, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing (1796–1820).

The buddhist lion is depicted standing, with his mouth open, revealing his fangs and a cherry red tongue. Height 22 cm. Width 20.5 cm. Height 26 cm including the wooden stand.

Provenance: From the collection Sven-Erik Hedin (1920–2013) thence by descent. Sven-Eriks interest for Asian Works of Art started when he served in Korea in the 1950’s during the Korean war.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1311. A fine famille rose ‘’prunus and magnolia’ bowl, Qing dynasty.

Decorated in famille rose enamels with a blossoming prunus and magnolia branches. Diameter 16 cm. Height 8.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

1313. A ‘lotus’ bowl, Qing dynasty with a Qianlong mark.

Rounded sides, everted rim, decorated in a black outline under a translucent, vibrant green glaze with a dense continuous lotus scroll with stylized bloom amidst feathery leaves and tendrils. Seal mark to base in underglaze blue. Diameter 12 cm. Height 6.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare with a bowl of this decoration in the collection of the Chicago Institute of Art, Credit Line; Bequest of Henry C. Schwab. Reference Number 1941.671.2.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

LOT 1248. A Mongolian Gilt Bronze Figure of Buddha, Zanabazar school, 18th century Provenance: The Rashammar collection, thence by descent.

1314. A massive pair of famille rose ‘figural’ baluster vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Baluster shape with twin dragon handles, painted around the body in bright famille rose colours depicting a vivid scene with figures from a Chinese classic novel work. Height 73 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Catalogue note: Large-scale vases with impressive decoration came to prominence in the Qianlong reign, and the tradition carried on in the 19th century. Often the inspiration for the decoration were from classical novels of Chinese literature such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1315. A famille rose garden seat, Qing dynasty,

Round, barrel shaped, decorated with pierced sections and in famille rose colours. Height 45 cm.

From the collection of Lars Erik and Monica Arvling, who lived in Vietnam from the 1970’s and onwards working with the Baibang project and then started to collect Asian works of art. Thence by descent.

SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1316. A large Canton famille rose punch bowl, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Decorated in vibrant colours with motifs from court life. Height 14 cm. Diameter 32.3 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1317. A pair of famille rose ‘boys at play’ jars, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Ovoid shape, decorated in famille rose with boys at play and a mythical creature. Height 18 cm. Height with wooden cover 21 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1319. A coral-ground reserve decorated ‘orchids’ cup, late Qing dynasty.

Seal mark in red. Decorated with orchids and calligraphy.

Diameter 10 cm. Height 6.7 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1318. A large famille rose ‘lotus’ basin, Qing dynasty, with Guangxu mark and of the period (1875–1908).

Rounded sides, decorated in famille rose colours as a large lotus leaf with further lotus flowers, leaves and insects to the interior and exterior. Diameter 38 cm. Height 11 cm.

Provenance: From a Swedish Private collection in Southern Sweden. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

Ovoid shape, decorated in iron red with two four clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud formations. Height 18.5 cm.

Wooden cover accompanies the piece.

Estimate: SEK 18 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 640 – 1 820

1321. A famille rose flower pot, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Hexagonal shape, decorated in famille rose colours with flowers and calligraphy. Measure 21 x 15.5 x 7 cm.

Provenance: From the collection of Lars Erik and Monica Arvling, who lived in Vietnam from the 1970’s and onwards working with the Baibang project and then started to collect Asian works of art. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1322. A phoenix and dragon famille rose dish, Qing dynasty, with Guangxu six character mark and period (1875–1908).

Decorated with a phoenix and dragon amidst cloud formations. Diameter 23.5 cm. With Guangxus six characters in red.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, 2014, 580, lot no 69. 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.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1323. A pair of famille rose ‘magnolia’ bowls, late Qing dynasty. Round with slightly flared rims, short straight footrims. Decorated to the exterior with a blossoming garden with a magnolia branch that continues over the edge to the interior. The base with a six character Daoguang mark in red. Height 4.6 cm. Diameter 13.8 cm.

Provenance: Poperty of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1324. A Chinese famille rose ‘ruby back’ dish, 20th century. Decorated in Yongzheng style, with a scene of a woman and two children in an interior scene with antiquities within a medallion. Diameter 20.5 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, sale 613, lot no 875. Then from the collection of a Swedish - British couple who lived in Hong Kong from the 1890’s-1920’s. Thence by descent.

Exhibitions: A very similar one from the Yongzheng period can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, no 79.2.582. Also, see one sold from the Aron and Elizabeth Landauer collection at Sothebys New York, September 2018, lot 1056.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1325. A famille rose ‘Wu Shang Pu’ tea pot with cover, Qing dynasty, c. 1900. Hexagonal shape, decorated in famille rose colours with historical figures and calligraphy. Height 12 cm.

Literature: Decorated to show famous men and women from China’s past with inscriptions. The figures are from Wu Shuang Pu (Peerless Historical Figures), which was published in AD1694, depicting 40 famous people.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1326. A pair of famille rose ‘Wu Shang Pu’ vases, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

A pear-shaped body and slender neck swelling into a bulb below the lip, decorated in famille rose enamels and gold with figures from the Wu Shuang Pu (Peerless Historical Figures). Height 14 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Catalogue note: Decorated to show famous men and women from China’s past with inscriptions. The figures are from Wu Shuang Pu (Peerless Historical Figures), which was published in AD1694, depicting 40 famous people.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1327. A famille rose vase, early 20th century. Of baluster shape, decorated with a bird amidst peony blossom, finger lemon and pomegranate. The other side with calligraphy. Height 30.8 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1328. A Chinese porcelain placque, 20th century.

Decorated with a figure scene and calligraphy. Measure 25 x 29 cm. Measure with frame 42 x 54 cm.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1329. A blue and white kraak dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

Decorated in underglaze blue with a central scene with birds by a pond, around the rim flowers and buddhist emblems. Diameter 36 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis in 2009, Sale 554, lot no 1463. Then from the collection of Rune & Marja Wiréns samling. Too see other items of that collection see 36 lots in that same sale.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1331. A blue and white kraak dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

Decorated in underglaze blue with a central scene with a circket in a blossoming garden. Diameter 31 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1330. A large blue and white dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

Deep dish, decorated in underglaze blue with a central scene with birds in a lotus pond surrounded by flowers and buddhist emblems. Diameter 37 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1332. A blue and white kraak dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

Decorated in underglaze blue with a central scene with birds in a garden. Around the sides alternating flowers and buddhist emblems. Diameter 31 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

Ming dynasty, Wanli (1572–1620).

Lobed, decorated in underglaze blue with bamboo, pine and plum blossom. Height 17 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Catalogue note: The Three Friends of Winter are the pine, plum and bamboo, depicted here from left to right. Because the three flourish during the harsh months of winter, they came to symbolize the ideal Confucian scholar-official, who likewise endures the cold winds of adversity.

SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1334. A pair of blue and white lotus vases/water sprinklers, Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Long narrow tapering neck, a squat body and an inward-tapering foot. It is painted in underglaze blue with a continuous lotus scroll around the body. The base is unglazed. Height 16 cm.

Property of a private Swedish collector. Previously in the Collection

Exhibited in the 1942 exhitibion of Emil Hulmark. Lot no 380. Depicted on Pl 26. There noted that they were found in Chekiang.

SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1336. A large blue and white jar, Transition, 17th century.

Of baluster shape, decorated with a continuous floral scroll. Height 40 cm. Height with wooden stand 47 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 15 000 – 20 000 / EUR 1 370 – 1 820

1337. A set of 12 blue and white ‘three friends of winter’ dishes, Tianqi/Chongzhen, mid 17th century.

Lobed decorated in underglaze blue with the three friends of winter, cherry blossom, pine and bamboo. Hall mark to base. Diameter 15.8 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1338. A blue and white dish, Tianqi/Chongzhen, mid 17th century.

Decorated in underglaze blue with monkeys in a tree. Four character mark to base. Diameter 21.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1340. A small blue and white conical bowl, Tianqi/Chongzhen (1635–1650).

The bowl stands on a broad foot ring with straight everted sides, decorated in underglaze blue, the interior is of a flower but surrounding this and repeated around the inner rim is a border of spirals with simple five petalled flowers and chrysanthemums. The exterior of the bowl is painted with several vignettes incorporating scholars. One shows a scholar painting characters on a rock observed by a companion; the same character is depicted in a separate scene playing chess with another scholar, and again in the final scene the same two men are painted in conversation, this time one of the scholars is holding a fan. Diameter 10.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private collector. Purchased at Chiswick Auctions, 16 February 2021.

Exhibitions: A similar pair of bowls, but decorated to the centre with an apocryhal four character Yongle mark are described in ‘Catalogue of the late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum’ by Harrison- Hall, Item No: 12:38 &12:39, both donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks.

Literature: Christian J. A. Jorg; ‘A Selection from the Collection of Oriental Ceramics, Item No 44. Page 72. Compare a similar bowl illustrated here.

Catalogue note: Cups such as this one, were primarily intended for China.

Estimate: SEK 7 000 – 10 000 / EUR 640 – 910

1339. A blue and white ‘eight horses of Muwang’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period, mid 17th century.

Wide shape with a slightly flared rim, decorated in underglaze blue with general Muwangs eight horses in different postures. A six character Jiajing mark within double roundels to the base. Diameter 17.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Compare with Sothebys, lot 3324, CHINA / 5000 YEARS | , 20 May 2025, Hong Kong. Compare also Bonhams, lot no 313, Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, 20 September 2021.

A similar example in the Palace Museum is illustrated in Chen Runmin, Qing dynasty Shunzhi and Kangxi period underglaze blue. The Gugong Museum Collection of Qing dynasty porcelain, 2005, no. 110. Compare also another bowl in the Phoenix Art Museum collection, illustrated in Claudia Brown, Chinese Ceramics. The Wong Collection, 1982, p. 46, no. 84.

SEK 25 000 – 30 000 / EUR 2 280 – 2 730

1341. A rare large blue and white ‘five clawed dragon’ dish, Qing dynasty with Kangxi mark and of the preriod (1662–1722).

The dish is sturdily potted with gently rounded sides, supported on a short tapered foot. The interior is painted in bright shades of cobalt blue to depict two five-clawed dragons amidst clouds chasing flaming pearls, surrounded by two further dragons. The exterior is similarly decorated with two dragons. Diameter 36 cm.

Provenance: From the Collection of Ivan Traugott (1871–1952). Thence by descent within the family. Ivan Traugott was a leading figure in the burgeoning Chinese Art circles of Stockholm in the early twentieth century. An early member of the famous Kinaklubben (‘China Club’) alongside the likes of the Crown Prince (later King Gustaf VI Adolf), Carl Kempe, Emil Hultmark and Gustaf Lindberg, Traugott played a key role in the history of Chinese Art collecting in the West. Traugott also invested in the famous Karlbeck Syndicate of the early 1930s, which forms the foundation of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, and countless others around the world. He was also a good friend and sponsor of Johan Gunnar Andersson in the early 20th century. A large part of his collections can be seen today at Nationalmuseum and East Asian Museum in Stockholm.

Exhibitions: Compare with a dish like this one sold at Bonhams, Fine Chinese Art, London, New Bond Street. 10 November 2011, lot 114. Compare also, Christies, 13 MAY 2014 | Live auction 1523. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. Lot 351.

Literature: Surviving examples of this design and large size are rare. Compare Kangxi dishes of this design with additional coloured enamels, including an example with added green enamel, preserved in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, included in The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, cat. no. 25; and another, with yellow enamel on a green ground, in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Xu Huping, ed., The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 75.

Estimate: SEK 120 000 – 150 000 / EUR 10 910 – 13 640

1342. A large blue and white ‘figural’ yenyen vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Elongated shape with a flared rim, underglaze blue decoration with two sections of figure scenes and a floral section with butterflies and insects in the middle. Height 50.4 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Exhibited at Borås, mittens rike, 1985. Exhition no 350.

Estimate: SEK 50 000 – 75 000 / EUR 4 550 – 6 820

1343. A blue and white ‘makhara dragon bowl’, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Rounded sides, on a straight footrim, painted in a strong underglaze blue with three split tail makhara dragons in mutual pursuit amongst lotus sprays above a band of ruyi-heads on the exterior, the interior with a band of similar dragons at the rim around a central roundel with a cruciform vajra motif with ribbons. Chenghua six character mark within a double roundel. Diameter 17.2 cm. Height 8.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare bowls of this type in the Palace Museum, Taiwain, Taipei. Object Number 故瓷 003400N000000000. Object Number 故瓷 003399N000000000.

Estimate: SEK 40 000 – 60 000 / EUR 3 640 – 5 460

1344. A rare and massive blue and white scalloped dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722). The flared sides with a scalloped rim is painted with eight panels of alternating figural and landscape design - the later with birds and insects amongst flowering trees and plants. The central panel is painted in underglaze tones of cobalt blue with a scene of two generals along with their armies before the closed gates of a city. On the ramparts are three figures – the central figure is considered to be Governor Liu Zhang and to his right Commander Dong He – who appear to be listening attentively to the warriors. Diameter 45.1 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private collector. Purchased from Christies, “The William F Reilly Collection”, New York, 14 October 2009. William F Reilly ( 1938–2008) an American publishing and media executive who was the founder and former chairman of Primedia. During Reilly’s time at the helm of Primedia, the firm built a collection of more than two hundred magazines that included American Baby, National Hog Farmer, Chicago and New York.

Exhibitions: Compare with a related dish of similar size, but with a different scene in the central panel, see The Groninger Museum Collection, Inventory No: 2019.0335.

Literature: Romance of the Three Kingdom, the 14th century historical novel by Luo Guanzhong, depicting the turbulent years at the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in China.

Catalogue note: Taken from the later half of Chapter 65 of the “Romance of the Three Kingdom the scene depicts the surrender of Chengdu by Governor Liu Zhang. After the generals Ma Chao and his brother Ma Dai had surrendered to Liu Bei - courtesy name Xuande - they went to Yi Province to convince the governor, Liu Zhang, to also surrender. On hearing that his army had already been defeated Liu Zhang ordered the gates of the city be closed but mounted the north wall to face the two brothers. Here Ma Chao successfully persuaded Governor Liu Zhang to surrender the city and terrorities to Liu Bei rather than subject its people to further misery.

Estimate: SEK 200 000 – 300 000 / EUR 18 190 – 27 280

1345. A blue and white ‘Yuhuchunping’ vase, Qing dynasty, 17th century. The pear-shaped vase is decorated with a finely drawn scene of Sholaou on his deer on one side, the other side with buddai surrounded by attendants, intersperced with shou characters, peaches and flowers. Height 30.5 cm.

There are a group of items with this kind of decoration with buddhist figures in the British Museum, Museum number Franks.325.+ (with an Amithaba Buddha). Compare also a piece sold at Sothebys, KANGXI: The Jie Rui Tang Collection, 20 March 2018, New York. Lot no 388. Also compare a bowl in the collection of the Chicago Institute of Art, Credit Line. Bequest of Henry C.

The decoration on this early Kangxi-period vase depicts a scene known from transitional porcelain dating from Tianqi/Chongzhen. The freedom from Imperial restrictions enjoyed at Jingdezhen after 1608 encouraged potters to paint wider varieties of designs including scenes with great precision and fine details with the use of the varying shades of cobalt-blue. The present vase demonstrates this extremely well with some very fine detailed designs and intricate details. Budai, depicted on this vase was an important monk from the Five Dynasties period that is said to have had magic powers. he is often seen as the human form of Maitreya.

SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1346. A blue and white tea caddy with silver mount, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of baluster shape, decorated in underglaze blue with two elegant ladies of the court, ‘lange liesen’. Height 14.5 cm.

Estimate: SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1347. A blue and white ‘figural’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The base with an apocryphal six character Chenghua mark within roundels. Rounded sides with an everted rim on a straight footrim. Decorated in a bright underglaze blue with two figure scenes from drama Xi Xiang Ji, ‘The West Chamber’. Trellis diaper border around the inner rim, the center of the interior decorated with boys at play. Diameter 21.2 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1348. A blue and white ‘four clawed dragon’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The deep rounded sides resting on short foot and rising to an everted rim, decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with four clawed dragons chasing the flaming pearl above crashing waves. The interior decorated with a leaping carp. Diameter 14.8 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions: Compare a bowl of this decoration and style in the Royal Ontario Museum, Object number 911.8.36. Credit Line; Gift of Mrs. H.D. Warren.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1349. A blue and white tea caddy, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Of ovoid shape, lobed, decorated with underglazed blue roundels with floral scrolls that are repeated on the shoulder. Artemisia leaf to the base. Height 12 cm.

Property of a private Swedish collector.

SEK 5 000 – 7 000 / EUR 460 – 640

1350. A blue and white ‘landscape’ bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

The deep rounded sides resting on short foot and rising to an everted rim, decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with a bird in a garden in full bloom. The base with a double fish symbol within double circles. Diameter 18 cm. Height 9 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 12 000 – 15 000 / EUR 1 090 – 1 370

1352. A blue and white ‘reverse decorated’ serving dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated with a floral scroll against blue. Diameter 34.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1351. A blue and white ‘fish’ dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Lobed, deep, decorated in underglaze blue with a crab and fishes in a pond with seaweed. Diameter 27 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1353. A pair of blue and white ‘Genever’ bottles, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Ovoid barrel shape, decorated in underglaze blue with a floral scroll. Height 14.5 cm.

Exhibitions: Compare with an almost identical in the Royal Dresden Porzellan Collection, Inventory no; PO 2427.

Catalogue note: Genever jar for the Dutch Market. Jenever also known as genever, genièvre, peket, or sometimes as Dutch gin, is the juniperflavored traditional liquor in the Netherlands. The Genever kan be traced back as early as to the 16th century and was very popular during the 17th and 18th centuries when these bottles was comissioned.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

Estimate: SEK 35 000 – 40 000 / EUR 3 190 – 3 640

1355. A pair of blue and white ‘floral’ dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662–1722).

Decorated in underglaze blue with peonies, chrysanthemum and cherry blossom. Diameter 27.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1356. A blue and white ‘dragon’ dish, Qing dynasty with Yongzheng six character mark and of the period (1723–35).

Rounded sides on a short footrim, decorated in underglaze blue with a four clawed dragon amidst cloud formations holding a shou character between the front paws. Diameter 20.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1357. A pair of blue and white pricket candle sticks, with a poem, Qing dynasty with a Qianlong mark and of the period. Each candlestick is decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with fine floral scroll to the lower drip-pan, a smaller band of stylized flowerheads around the central baluster-form shaft decorated with bands of detached flowerheads, foliate scrolls and pendant and upright petal lappets supporting two drip-pans. The lower edge with a fine scroll. The upper drip pan, decorated to the edge with wild waves and flower heads, the centre surrounding the central baluster form with two sections of poems and a Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue. Height c. 15 cm.

Provenance: Provenance: donated to a charity organisation by a Swedish private estate.

Exhibitions: Compare also with candle sticks in the Palace Museum Taipei, Object Number 故瓷 008896N000000000. Compare also with a candlestick of the same model but different decoration in the Museum of Asian Art, San Fransisco. Object number; B69P169L.a. Credit Line; Gift of Roy Leventritt. For a single one without the poem, see Sothebys, lot no 105, Chinese Art Auction. 19 March 2024. New York.

Compare also with a larger one sold at Christies, lot no 1280, The Imperial Sale, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Tuesday May 30 2026.).

Literature: For the story of the Qianlong candle sticks, see Zhang Faying, Tang Ying du tao wendang [Archive on Tang Ying’s Supervision of the Imperial Kilns], Beijing, 2012, p. 162. The Qianlong Emperor commissioned Tang Ying to ‘reading lamp’ as a model, together with a poem written by the Emperor, in order to fire a few reading lamps in underglaze blue or ‘foreign colours’ (famille-rose), both in larger and smaller sizes, the calligraphy of the sample lamp to be replaced by his own poem, or, for candlesticks intended as altar pieces, the poem to be omitted. Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K’ang-Hsi, Yung-Cheng and Ch’ien-Lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, cat. no. 141.

Catalogue note: Each with a mix of two poems, one is “farewell to a monk” by Xue Anfu (Yuan Dynasty) and the other “encountering a Daoist” by Shi Wujian (Tang Dynasty). 《送僧》—— 薛昂夫〔元代〕曇花貝葉春三月，布襪青鞋山萬重。禪性若灰終有味，機鋒掣電本來空。《遇醉道士》—— 施肩吾〔唐代〕霞帔尋常帶酒眠，路傍疑是酒中仙。醉來不住人家宿，多向遠山松月邊。

Estimate: SEK 200 000 – 300 000 / EUR 18 190 – 27 280

1359. A Chinese blue and white ‘pomegranate’ tureen with cover and stand, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Rounded body shaped as a pomegranate with a characteristic stalk at one side and a twig at the opposite side. The cover with three pomegranates in relief and a twig shaped finial connecting them. The stand with molded fluted rim. All decorated with underglaze blue and gilding. Length tureen 16, height tureen 13.5 cm. Diameter stand 24.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Literature: Compare a similar shaped famille rose tureen “China for the West”, Howard and Ayers, 1978, Vol I, p. 184 and 185, no. 181.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1358. A blue and white ‘lotus’ bowl, Qing dynasty with a Qianlong mark and of the period (1736–95).

The deep rounded sides resting on short foot and rising to an everted rim, decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with a continuous lotus scroll. The base with an underglaze blue seal mark. Diameter 14 cm. Height 7.5 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1360. A blue and white tureen with cover, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95).

Octagonal shape with animal handles, finial in the shape of a buddhist lion, decorated in underglaze blue with flowers and fruit. Length 34 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1361. A blue and white dinner service, Qing dynasty, Qianlong (1736–95). (45 pieces).

Decorated in underglaze blue with a riverscape. Comprising: a tureen with cover and stand (length tureen 34 cm, length tureen stand 36 cm), two serving dishes (length 32.5–38 cm), 14 soup dishes (diameter 22 cm), 28 dinner plates (diameter 22 cm).

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 30 000 – 40 000 / EUR 2 730 – 3 640

1362. Ablue and white dish, Qing dynasty, Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736–95).

Decorated with a continuous lotus scroll to the reverse of the rim, the center medallion further decorated with lotus. The base with a Qianlong seal mark. Diameter 20.3 cm.

Provenance: Purchased at Bukowskis, 657, lot no 965. Then from the collection of 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: To see other lots sold from the Collection of Klas E. Böök, see a Zitan Altartable with cloisonne placques, Bukowskis, Sale 649, lot no 981.

Estimate: SEK 10 000 – 15 000 / EUR 910 – 1 370

1363. A large finely painted blue and white ‘crane and pine’ fish basin, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Well potted with tapered rounded sides rising from a narrow recessed base to a thick rolled rim. Painted around the exterior with cranes in a garden in full bloom with pine and prunus. Height 37.5 cm.

Diameter 41 cm.

Provenance: Bukowskis Important Winter Sale 629, 10 December 2020, lot 886.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

1364. A blue and white ‘foreigners bearing tribute’ jar, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Of baluster shape, decorated in underglaze blue with the motif ‘foreigners bearing tributes/gifts’. The base with an apocryphal six character Kangxi mark within double circles. Height 34 cm.

Literature: The subject of foreign tribute bearers is also depicted in a number of Qing court paintings, such as Envoys from Vassal States and Foreign Countries

Presenting Tribute to the Emperor in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Qing Court Paintings, #14, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 64.

Catalogue note: The theme of foreign tribute bearers was especially favored at court in the 18th and early 19th century. Recognizable by their curly red hair, tall noses, and clothing, the foreigners carry precious objects and are accompanied by extraordinary beasts such as a Buddhist lion, wolf, bixie, piebald horse, white elephant, dog, qilin, and tiger. Such a vase would have conveyed numerous auspicious blessings and affirmed the Qing empire’s cosmopolitan power and influence.

Estimate: SEK 20 000 – 25 000 / EUR 1 820 – 2 280

19th century.

Rounded shoulder, waisted neck and flared rim, decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with a continuous lotus scroll. Height 45 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1366. A blue and white vase, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Of baluster shape, decorated in underglaze blue with a figure scene from Chinese litterature. Height 31 cm. Wooden cover accompanies this lot.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1367. A blue and white cadogan ‘immortals’ tea pot, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Peach shaped, decorated with a group of the immortals to one side, the other side with Liu Hai holding a string of coins with his golden three legged toad by his feet. Height 15.5 cm. Length 19 cm.

Literature: The Daoist immortal Liu Hai is associated with wealth and prosperity.

Catalogue note: 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 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

1369. A pair of blue and white jardinieres, Qing dynasty, 19th century.

Hexagonal shape, decorated with an equestrian scene outside a walled city. Height 16 cm. Diameter 23 cm.

Provenance: Property of a private Swedish collector.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

1370. A blue and white dish, Qing dynasty, 19th century, for the Vietnamese market.

Decorated in underglaze blue with flowers.

Height 2.6 cm. Diameter 11.2 cm.

Estimate: SEK 6 000 – 8 000 / EUR 550 – 730

lived in Vietnam from the 1970’s and onwards working with the Baibang project and then started to collect Asian works of art. Thence by descent.

Estimate: SEK 8 000 – 10 000 / EUR 730 – 910

1372. A Chinese porcelain placque, 20th century. Decorated in underglaze blue with fishes, sea weed and calligraphy. Measure motif 58 x 32.5 cm. Measure with frame 73 x 48 cm.

Estimate: SEK 4 000 – 6 000 / EUR 370 – 550

for SEK 10,694,000

A magnificent pair of massive bronze bixie, Qianlong; sold for SEK 44,663,000

An important carved cinnabar lacquer bowl stand, Yongle mark and of the period; sold for SEK 11,185,000

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