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A LARGE EXPORT SILVER
PRESENTATION CUP
Attributed to Quan of Canton, late Qing
Dynasty, circa 1870
Finely decorated in repoussé with warriors
readying for battle in a private walled
residence, all around a blank oval shield, the
stem shaped as a lotus flower surrounded
by applied, fierce, scaly dragons, above a
domed repoussé base decorated with a
band of acanthus leaves.
29.3cm high (11 1/2in) high
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$21,000 - 32,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
The internal edge of the foot engraved
‘MALLET, BATH, ORIENTAL JEWELLERS &
C. FINE SILVER’.

Silversmith Quan produced fine wares for
retail by Wang Hing & Co, circa 1865-70
(then, of Canton and only later of Canton &
Hong Kong). Quan is known to have worked
for several Canton retailers at this time.
A similar goblet to the current lot was sold by
Skinner in Boston in 2010.

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A SMALL SILVER INCENSE BURNER
AND A SILVER SPITTOON, ZHADOU
Qing Dynasty
The censer with inside inscription
‘Congratulations to Weng Lao Fuzi for an
official promotion, janitor Cui Dayu’; the
spittoon with incised shen mark to the base.
The spittoon: 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high (2).
£1,000 - 1,200
HK$11,000 - 13,000
CNY8,800 - 11,000

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