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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

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A PAIR OF SILVER FLORAL DISHES AND TWO
SERVING TRAYS
THE DISHES EACH WITH THE MARK OF TEH LING,
BEIJING, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ALSO
STAMPED ‘STERLING’, ONE TRAY MARKED WITH
A CHARACTER, THE OTHER TRAY APPARENTLY
UNMARKED

清十九世紀末/二十世紀初 銀花卉紋盤一對
及雲龍趕珠紋托盤兩件

The pair of dishes are each chased in relief with a band
of scattered fower heads. The trays are each variously
embellished with dragons with one tray supported on
simulated bamboo feet and applied with two simulated
bamboo handles.

The dishes 11¿ in. (28.2 cm.) diam.; the largest tray 18√ in.

(48 cm.) wide (4)

£1,200-1,800 $1,900-2,700
€1,700-2,400

615 PROVENANCE:

A distinguished private European collection, acquired

between 1956-1959.

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~616 The tea service comprises a tea pot with ivory insulators, a milk jug and a two-
handled sugar pot, the bases stamped “KW” and xin yuan; and ten cups, the
AN EXPORT SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE AND A SET OF bases stamped Beijing bao hua lou, and zu yin.
TEN SILVER CUPS
THE TEA SERVICE, MARK OF KWAN WO, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH The largest 8√ in. (22.7 cm.) wide, handle to spout (13)
CENTURY
£1,000-1,500 $1,600-2,300
THE CUPS, MARKED BEIJING BAO HUA LOU €1,400-2,00

十九及二十世紀 中國外銷銀人物圖茶具一組三件及銀
杯一組十件 茶具「KW」印款及杯「北京寶華樓」

PROVENANCE:

A distinguished private European collection, acquired between 1956-1959.

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