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107 A Chinese export silver three-
pieCe teAset
108
40 | BoNHams Circa 1900
Comprising a teapot and cover, milk jug and
sugar bowl, modelled with simulated bamboo
branch handles, each with a central shield
form plaque bearing the monogram ‘MR’
with repousse decoration of birds in dense
bamboo groves.
The teapot 14cm (5.1/2in) high. (3).

£1,000 - 1,500 HK$12,000 - 18,000
CNY9,500 - 14,000

For a similarly worked export silver flask with
monogrammed shield reserve see Chinese
Export Silver, John Sparks Ltd., December
1990, p.37, fig.18.

107
A pewter AnD gilt loBeD trAy
17th/18th century
The lobed rectangular shape flanked by deep
straight sides, incised and gilded to the centre
with cranes and other birds alighting amongst
clouds above the Three Friends of Winter,
pine, bamboo and prunus, issuing from
craggy rocks.
22.2cm (8 3/8in) long

£600 - 800 HK$7,100 - 9,500
CNY5,700 - 7,600

A similar tray, of slightly different shape and
decoration, dated to the 18th century, is
illustrated by D. S. Howard, A Tale of Three
Cities, Sotheby’s 1994, n.303.

108
two Bronze inCense Burners
Qing Dynasty, Xuande six-character marks
Each standing on tripod feet above a
compressed globular body and decorated
with twin loop handles.
The largest: 14.2cm (5 5/8in) (2)

£600 - 800 HK$7,100 - 9,500
CNY5,700 - 7,600