A group of Japanese rigid circular fans, early 20th century, Taisho period

拍品描述

To include a fan by Haibara Naojiro with silk tasselled cords and its original folder from the manufacturer Haibara Naojiro, together with five additional paper fans, decorated with bamboo, fish, blossoms and landscapes, with seal marks and inscriptions Size:(approx. 33 - 38.5cm long) Qty: (1) 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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