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TRUELLE COMMEMORATIVE EN ARGENT ET IVOIRE
HONG KONG, 1910
Le manche est en ivoire. La partie pointue est en argent, les bords sont
soulignés de deux dragons sinueux et d'une tête de dragon en relief aux yeux
incrustés. Le texte suivant est gravé :
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY H. E.
SIR FREDERICK J.D. LUGARD: K.C.M.G.C.B. D.S.O. 16th MARCH 1910
THIS BUILDING IS ERECTED AND PRESENTED TO THE COLONY BY H. N.
MODY A PARSI GENTLEMAN 50 YEARS RESIDENT IN HONG KONG
Longueur: 36 cm. (14¿ in.)
€5,000-7,000 US$6,000-8,300
£4,600-6,400
A golden trowel of this type was used in the ceremony of the laying the
foundation stone of the University of Hongkong on March 16th 1910 by the
Governor of Hong Kong Sir Frederick Lugard. The building was erected with
founds donated by Sir Hormusjee Narojee Mody. The golden trowel is now
in the Hong Kong University Museum. In remembrance of the founding of
the University of Hong Kong two silver trowels were presented during the
ceremony to the Viceroys of the two Guangs (Guangdong and Guangxi) and
Two Jiangs (Jiangsu and Zhejiang) Zhang Renjun and Yuan Shuxun. One
of these trowels is presented here. This commemorative trowel revokes a
ceremony, that “marks an epoch in the annals of Hong Kong as well as in the
history of all South-China.” (Hong Kong Telegraph, 17 March 1910).
A SILVER AND IVORY PRESENTATION TROWEL
HONG KONG, 1910
香港 1910年 象牙及銀銘文紀念镘刀
來源:
德國私人珍藏

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GRANDE CROIX EN BOIS INCRUSTE DE NACRE
CHINE, MACAO, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
Les trois pointes de la croix ont des têtes trilobées. Elle est ornée d'un décor
incrusté de pampres, feuillages et fruits en nacre.
Hauteur: 81 cm. (31æ in.)
€4,000-6,000 US$4,700-7,000
£3,700-5,400

See a similar example of smaller dimensions sold at Christie's Paris, 13 June
2018 , lot 92.
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID WOOD APOSTLE CROSS
CHINA, MACAU, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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清十八/十九世紀 漆木嵌螺鈿十字架
來源:
德國私人珍藏

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