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From the Collection of

Felix Tegengren (1884-1980)

Lot 654 - 658

Felix Tegengren was born in Vasa, Finland and came to study to become a geologist. 1914-1917 he worked with professor Johan Gunnar Andersson in China, directly submitted the Chinese government. Tegengren returned a second time to China in 1921 and was hired as a geologist by companies in the mining business. He returned to Sweden in 1928 never to visit China again, although he worked all around the world – Canada, Brazil, the Soviet Union, Greenland and Mozambique among other countries. The objects included in this sale were acquired during his time in China. They have since remained in the family.

No. 1. Lunch at the restaurant at ”the Well of Jade” November 1914. To the left general Chang, director of the mining department in Peking, Chang Yi-ou, J.G.Andersson, Mr Sou, Felix Tegengren, C.F. Erikson, engineer Mathiesen. No. 2. Felix Tegengren at Hsi-Kuang-shan antimony fields 1916. No. 3. and No. 4. Felix Tegengren at home in Hou-Ching Hutung 1917.
No. 1. Lunch at the restaurant at ”the Well of Jade” November 1914. To the left general Chang, director of the mining department in Peking, Chang Yi-ou, J.G.Andersson, Mr Sou, Felix Tegengren, C.F. Erikson, engineer Mathiesen. No. 2. Felix Tegengren at Hsi-Kuang-shan antimony fields 1916. No. 3. and No. 4. Felix Tegengren at home in Hou-Ching Hutung 1917.
No. 5. A group picture of the Swedish colony in Peking in the yard at Ta Tsao Chang in October 1914. Among those pictured are Gustaf Wallenberg, J.G. Andersson (An Tesheng), K.W. Gerdhem, C.F. Erikson and Felix Tegengren.
No. 5. A group picture of the Swedish colony in Peking in the yard at Ta Tsao Chang in October 1914. Among those pictured are Gustaf Wallenberg, J.G. Andersson (An Tesheng), K.W. Gerdhem, C.F. Erikson and Felix Tegengren.
No. 6. Marshal Chang Hsueh (Hsiao)-Liang (Zhang Xueliang) and Felix Tegengren in Mukden, 20 June 1928.
No. 6. Marshal Chang Hsueh (Hsiao)-Liang (Zhang Xueliang) and Felix Tegengren in Mukden, 20 June 1928.

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