Author: [LILJEVALCH CARL FREDRIK]:
Title: ... Tio tusen chinesiska ting. (Ten thousand Chinese items). Beskrifvande förteckning öfver ett chinesiskt målnings-galleri samt en stor samling af chinesiska konst-, industri- och naturalister. Stockholm, Johan Beckman, 1849.
Description: . Pp. iv, 5-42. Text in Swedish. Modern boards. A descriptive list of a collection of authentic Chinese objects shown at an exhibition in Stockholm, the first exhibition to present Chinese objects to the public in Sweden. Comprising paintings, antiquities, books, porcelain, stamps, tiles, foods, papers, cloths, embroidery, scrolls, ceramics, and more. Includes a section with Siamese books. The collection was brought back by Carl Fredrik Liljevalch. He was a successful Swedish merchant who was sent to China on a East India Company ship to negotiate a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with China, which was concluded in 1847. Cordier BS 2180. Löwendahl 1102.

Keywords: East Asia, asia, asie, asiatica, orient, east, asien, far east, china, chinese, chine, kina, exploration, art, antiques, siam, siamese, thai, thailand, art, exhibition,


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