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This vase has a prestigious provenance,
                                                      having previously been owned by one of the
                                                      great collectors from the golden age of

                                                      Chinese art collection in Europe – the Swedish

                                                      collector Carl Kempe (1884-1967), whose
                                                      particular passion was for fine Tang and Song
                                                      dynasty monochrome wares.









                                                      Fig. 3 Carl Kempe, 1912.
                                                      History and Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo
                                                      卡ḓĤগ普,    年




               which is one of a series, is entitled Guwan tu Pictures of Ancient   in the early 1920s, and from the 1930s onwards he developed a
               Playthings, and depicts a selection of antiques, crafted primarily in   particular interest in Chinese white-glazed and celadon-glazed
               ceramic, jade and bronze, from the imperial collection. At the end   wares, especially those from the Tang-Song period, including
               of the scroll an empty imperial throne is depicted, as if awaiting   crackle-glazed vessels. It was probably HRH Crown Prince Gustaf
               the emperor’s appearance to peruse his treasures.    Adolf (1882-1973, from 1950 HM King Gustaf VI Adolf), who
                                                                    was on the Committee of Honour for the International Exhibition of
               This vase has a prestigious provenance, having previously been   Chinese Art held at the Royal Academy in London in 1935-36, who
               owned by one of the great collectors from the golden age of   suggested that Carl Kempe loan twelve items (primarily ceramics)
               Chinese art collection in Europe – the Swedish collector Carl   to the International Exhibition of Chinese Art.
               Kempe (1884-1967), whose particular passion was for fine Tang and
               Song dynasty monochrome wares. Kempe was an industrialist and   Made for the court of the Southern Song emperor, the current vase
               an active philanthropist, who was also a keen sportsman - in 1912   reflects the refined aesthetic traditions of the Northern Song court,
               winning an Olympic silver medal in the indoor tennis doubles   while belonging to a group of wares so highly esteemed by successive
               at the Stockholm Summer Olympics with his partner Gunnar   generations of connoisseurs that it was to influence the ceramics
               Setterwall. (Fig. 3) Carl Kempe’s interest in Chinese art began   made for the Chinese imperial court well into the Qing dynasty.






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