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ANTIQUE 20thC CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER 3 PIECE TEA SET ON TRAY c.1900

US$9,974.85 Antique early-20th Century Chinese export solid silver three piece tea set on tray, comprising of teapot, lidded sugar bowl and milk jug and tray, each tree-trunk shaped body applied with prunus flowers and applied with decoration in relief, spout, handles and finials modelled as tree branches, outstanding quality and very heavy gauge, inside richly gilt, the tray in unique complimentary style. Hallmarked with Chinese Export marks (900+ silver standard), Maker Tuck Chang & Company (active 1870-1920). Probably one of the best known retail silversmiths of the latter half of the 19th century in Shanghai, often referred to as being the 'Wang Hing' of Shanghai. Like Wang Hing & Co of Canton and Hong Kong, Tuck Chang sold high quality jewellery, silver wares, jade and ivory. While having its own working relationships with Shanghai-based artisan silversmiths helped create a style other than that of Canton and Hong Kong. CONDITION In Great Condition - No Damage. TEAPOT Height: 11cm Width: 21 x 10cm Weight: 450g SUGAR BOWL Height: 8cm Width: 14 x 7cm Weight: 230g CREAM JUG Height: 7cm Width: 13 x 7cm Weight: 170g TRAY Height: 4cm Width: 37 x 27cm Weight: 1165g REFERENCE NUMBER: A5382

ANTIQUE 18thC RARE CHINESE SILVER GILT FILIGREE & GEM SET VASE c.1760

US$5,836.95 Antique mid-18th Century extremely rare Chinese silver-gilt filigree & gem set, pear shaped vase. The delicate filigree vase decorated throughout in a typical Chinese manor and the four sides applies with Chinese shou characters, the neck and body is set with carnelian cabochons (a stone native to Russia and India). The bouquet of flowers also set with carnelians and...

ANTIQUE 19thC JAPANESE MONUMENTAL SHIBAYAMA & LACQUER WALL PLAQUE c.1890

US$24,902.90 Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji period monumental shibayama inlaid & gold lacquer wall plaque, the quality of the carving is simply outstanding, the subject depicted is of the seven lucky gods boarding a vessel. In Japanese mythology, the Seven Lucky Gods are believed to grant good luck and often have their place in netsuke engravings or in other representations....

ANTIQUE 19thC JAPANESE SOLID SILVER & SHIBAYAMA KORO c.1890

US$11,288.20 Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Koro (Incense Burner). The straight oval body is applied with very fine multi-coloured mother of pearl, depicting birds and insects amongst flowers and the lid with a realistically carved floral finial. Base and rims applied with finely worked filigree silver. The piece dates to the Meiji period (1890-1912), acid tested shows a...

ANTIQUE 19thC INDIAN ZOOMORPHIC SOLID SILVER JUG, KASHMIR c.1870

US$5,314.72 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century Indian solid silver zoomorphic silver lidded jug, of very unusual shape which is partially based on the classical Askos jug, native to ancient Greece. Standing on four cast and chased bird feet, the neck, body and handle are deeply chased with scrolling flower and leaf motifs inspired by the flowers and leaves of the coriander...

ANTIQUE 18thC RARE CHINESE KANGXI PERIOD SOLID SILVER-GILT FAN-SHAPED BOX c.1700

US$10,636.40 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique early-18th Century extremely rare Chinese Kangxi period solid silver box, fan shaped, decorated in repousse' high relief, on very finely tooled matted and gilded ground, top finely cast in high-relief with two scholars situated in a stylised landscape with large floral sprigs and flying birds, surrounded by a key-fret border at the rim, the sides of the...

ANTIQUE 20thC JAPANESE SOLID SILVER TEA & COFFEE SERVICE, ARTHUR & BOND c.1900

US$35,169.80 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique early-20th Century Japanese solid silver large five-piece tea & coffee service on silver mounted wooden tray, exceptional and magnificent quality, double walled, embossed and applied with Iris flowers in high relief, with C-form handles and lids applied with Iris bulbs. Hallmarked STERLING (925+ high grade silver), Maker Arthur & Bond, Yokohama.### CONDITIONIn Excellent Condition - No Damage.###...

ANTIQUE 19THC CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER DRAGON LETTER OPENNER C.1860

US$1,410.59 Antique late-19th Century Chinese solid silver letter opener, applied with a cast dragon handle. Hallmarked with Chinese character marks, 90 (900+ silver standard), Maker De Chang, Retailed by WH, Wang Hing & Company, the most important and renown Chinese Export luxury retailer and silver manufacturer active in Hong Kong, Canton and Shanghai. (A. Von Ferscht, Chinese Export Silver 1785-1940,...

ANTIQUE 20THC CHINESE SOLID SILVER COCKTAIL SHAKER & BEAKERS C.1910

US$2,543.59 Antique 20th Century Chinese export solid silver cocktail shaker, of tapering cylindrical form, beautifully chased with village scenes on matted ground, extraordinary detailed quality of workmanship. The shaker has a domed detachable upper portion fitted with a plain cylindrical push fit cover and accompanied with eight beakers in the same style. The set is unmarked, but has been acid...

ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE SILVER-GILT & ROCK CRYSTAL, GEM SET BRUSH WASH BOWL c.1880

US$3,677.23 DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century Chinese / Tibetan gem-set, silver-gilt & rock crystal brush wash pot, the naturaly shaped body beautifully applied with silver gilt wire-work, set with rubys and emeralds. The bowl set on a decorative foot, beautiful floral decoration and bead-work along the rims, both sides dipicting antelopes. Was probably made in Tibet / Napal in the 19th Century...

ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER BOWL, WANG HING c.1880

US$2,827.00 DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century Chinese Export solid silver bowl, exceptionally fine quality, traditional form, fully chased and embossed with a dense scene of receptions before nobility, the top rim applied with a reeded band, standing on a plain ring foot. Hallmarked with Chinese character marks, 90 (900+ silver standard), Maker Zhao Xiang, Retailed by WH, Wang Hing & Company, the...

ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE SOLID SILVER LOTUS VASES, CUM SHING, CANTON c.1880

US$6,794.72 DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century rare Chinese solid silver decorative pair of vases, realistically modelled as pair of closed lotus flowers, standing on a hand carved, pierced wood bases and fitted in the original presentation box. Made by the renowned Cantonese silversmith Cum Shing, he often aimed to create an object that was both traditionally Chinese and theatrical; theatricality seemed to...

ANTIQUE 20thC RUSSIAN SOLID SILVER & ENAMEL NAVAL PAGE TURNER c.1910

US$2,260.18 DESCRIPTIONAntique 20th Century Rare Imperial Russian solid silver & hand painted enamel page turner, the silver handle beautifully enamelled with the St-Petersburg navy flag, the edges decorated with laurel leaf and reeded boarders. Hallmarked Russian silver 88 (915 standard), St-Petersburg, year 1908-1926, Maker SS (unknown silversmith) CONDITIONIn Great Condition - No Damage. SIZELength: 29cm Weight: 63gREFERENCE NUMBER: A4618

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