Two Japanese blue and white dishes, Edo period - 20th century

拍品描述

Comprising a Nabeshima bowl painted to the interior with a cluster of blossoms, the curved sides rising from a tall foot, together with a dish painted the interior with a solitary bird amongst foliage Size:(19 - 20.8cm diameter) Qty: (2) Provenance:From the Collection of Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939), thence by descent; Private collection, UK Notes: Gustaf Wallenberg was Swedish businessman, diplomat and politician. He was the son of André Oscar Wallenberg, founder of Stockholm Enskilda Bank (today SEB, and grandfather of Raoul Wallenberg (1912-47?). After a career in the Swedish Navy he turned to the business world, and in 1908 successfully negotiated with the Qing court in Beijing about a friendship, trade and navigation treaty. The collection was acquired between 1906 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoyé in Tokyo. From 1907 he was also accredited for Beijing and came to spend time in both countries as the Swedish Ambassador. Mr Wallenberg came to be in China in dramatic part of its history, when a lot of items came on the market and when the golden era of collecting Chinese works of art started in Europe.

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