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                                                                                                  A large silver-gilt presentation bowl
                                                                                                  Late 19th century, two-character ‘Yu’ ji, Shanghai and Zeewo marks
                                                                                                  The sides formed as six lobed petals, one enclosing a blank shield ready
                                                                                                  for inscription and surrounded by a garden scene of a scholar taking
                                                                                                  tea on a terrace while three boys variously sweep, tend plants and
                                                                                                  watch from a balcony, four panels with bird and flower scenes including
                                                                                                  bamboo, peony, prunus and tree peony, the final panel with another
                                                                                                  figural scene of three scholars drinking tea in a garden, all raised on a
                                                                                                  circular stepped foot.
                                                                                                  39.4cm (15½in) diam.
                                                                                                  £10,000 - 15,000
                                                                                                  HK$120,000 - 180,000 CNY94,000 - 140,000
                                                                                                  十九世紀晚期 銀鎏金人物故事圖花瓣式碗 「‘裕’記、Shanghai及
                                                                                                  Zeewo」款
                                                                                                  Provenance: a European private collection
                                                                                                  來源:歐洲私人收藏

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