From the collection of

johan lilliehöök (1865-1949)

Johan Lilliehöök (1865–1949) studied law and worked as a young man as a lawyer in the 1890s. He had a talent for languages and translated books from several languages to Swedish.

In the early 1900s he became CEO of Göteborgs Bank and then continued his career as a diplomat, first as consul general in Helsinki, Finland in the 1910s and 1922-1932 as Swedish consul general in Shanghai. It was during his years in Shanghai that he became a keen collector of Chinese porcelain, bronzes and jades.

An extract from ”Bland direktörer och sjömän i det gamla Shanghai” by Bengt Johansson.
<br>Upper photo: The staff at the Swedish Consulate in Shanghai including consul J. Lilliehöök.
<br>Lower photo: The visit of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden to the Swedish Consulate in Shanghai in 1926, consul J. Lilliehöök to the left. — An extract from ”Bland direktörer och sjömän i det gamla Shanghai” by Bengt Johansson.
Upper photo: The staff at the Swedish Consulate in Shanghai including consul J. Lilliehöök.
Lower photo: The visit of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden to the Swedish Consulate in Shanghai in 1926, consul J. Lilliehöök to the left.

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Asian Works of Art & Chinese Porcelain

Phone: +46 (0)709-72 32 82

widenfelt@uppsalaauktion.se

Olof Neppelberg

Assistent

Kinesiskt porslin och asiatiskt konsthantverk

Phone: 0720-70 51 24

neppelberg@uppsalaauktion.se

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