Assembled with indefatigable energy and passion over 35 years this collection features fine examples of Indian, South East Asian and Himalayan arts, all carefully handpicked from prominent dealers and at auction. The collection will be offered in two installments in April and June 2023 and the present selection is highlighted by Himalayan sculpture and Indian bronzes.

Property From a French Private Collection Lots 100 - 121

South-East Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art

Property From a French Private Collection

Karl Emil Strømstad is arguably the most esteemed collector of Chinese ceramics in Norway. The Strømstad couple started collecting traditional export porcelain. But when visiting the Röhsska Museum in Gotheburg around 1980, they were introduced to Song ceramic, a passion they will never abandon. Emil Strømstad and his wife were one of the four couples who founded of The Norwegian Society for Oriental Ceramics (NSOK, Norsk Selskap for Orientalsk Keramikk) in 1993. This became an important society where collectors, connoisseurs and academics could cultivate and promote their knowledge about and interest in oriental ceramics and art. The collection will be offered in two installments in April and June 2023 and the present selection is highlighted by Kangxi famille verte porcelains, and Song ceramics.

Artefacts from the Strømstad Collection to be sold at auction, one of the largest and best collections of chinese porcelains and ceramics in Norway. Lots 1 - 39

The Strømstad Collection of Chinese Ceramics

The Strømstad Collection

Several items in this sale made their way to Europe after being acquired by French families living in the Far east during the earlier part of the 20th century. This include a French private collection of porcelains and paintings, acquired successively in Shanghai and Hong Kong between 1930 and 1955, a period during which the grandfather of the present owner was heading the Franco-Belgium bank. The collection features ceramics ranging from Kangxi period blue and white to Qianlong imitation porcelains produced during the republican period (lots 155-170). We shall be offering the Lin Fengmian paintings from that same collection in June 2023. The sale also features several items from the collection of the Baron Hugo Accurti who was the secretary of the Austro-Hungarian legation in Tianjin from 1902 to 1917, amongst them interesting gilt bronze Buddhist figures (Lots 50-52), Chinese silverware (lot 54) and a rare metal thread carpet which by family repute the Guangxu Emperor offered to the Baron and his wife on the occasion of their wedding in 1909 (lot 53). Another very touching group are the personal artefacts of Mrs Madeleine Le Genissel (1924-2020) who was the personal French teacher to the Emperor Aki Hito during the 1940s (Lots 136-138), amongst them a twin fish Longquan celadon dish she acquired in Japan during this period (Lot 137). The Emperor kept found memories of this period, eventually inviting Mrs Le Genissel to the official dinner that was held at the Elysee Palace on the occasion of his state visit to France in 1994.

French family collections formed in the Far East during the first half of the 20th century Lots 50–54, 155–170

French Family Collections

A private Danish collection of Song and Ming dynasty ceramics and textile (Lots 43-49, 82-85), gilt bronze Buddhist figures from the collection of Jacques Fesquet (1921-2004), a former French ambassador to Mongolia between 1978 and 1982 (Lots 56-60), a private Asian collection of early pottery figures, archaic bronze ornaments, early jades and Song ceramics (Lots 87-98), Transitional and Kangxi ceramics from the personal collection of Sam and Myrna Myers in France (lots 144-152) or a private Swiss collection of Qing porcelains and works of Arts (Lots 127-129, 212-216), some with early CT Loo, New York, provenance, will complete the variety of works selected for this sale.

Selected Collections of Works of Art Lots 43-49, 56-60, 82-85, 87-98, 127-129, 212-216

Selected Works of Art

Selected Works of Art From Private Collections

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Embracing 5000 years of Asian art history, this sale will encompass a diverse range of Asian sculptures, ceramics and works of art from European private collections. Some interesting groups of statuary from Tibet, Nepal, South East Asian and India, as well as the ancient region of Gandhara, all from old French family collections, will provide an interesting focus to the auction.

Asian Arts / 5000 Years