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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE UK COLLECTION
150
TWO SIMILAR INSCRIBED BRONZE
CANNONS
DAOGUANG PERIOD, DATED TO THE
TWENTY-THIRD YEAR OF DAOGUANG,
CORRESPONDING TO 1844
The heavily cast model is of typical tapering
form with inscriptions between six levels of cast
reinforcing ring bands.
The larger, 25º in. (64 cm.) long, wooden carriage
(2)
£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,000
€3,800-6,300
PROVENANCE: 150
Christie’s London, 20 November 1991, lot 132. VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A pair of very similar bronze cannons were sold in ~151
these rooms, 8 June 1987, lot 294.
AN EXPORT SILVER TRAY AND A FOUR-
The inscriptions state that these cannons were PIECE COFFEE SET
presented to the Viceroy of Zhili, cast in the SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, LOMBARDIC
twenty-third year of Daoguang, supervised by H MARK OF HOACHING, CANTON, THE
Yin Jiangong and Jiu Chengwen; Zao Jiangting INSCRIPTION DATED 1881
craftsman. Gunpowder quantity of two liang and
bullet quantity of two liang two qian. The set comprises a cofee pot and cover, a
One cannon belonged to elite troop number sugar pot and cover, a milk jug, sugar tongs and
one hundred and eighty-eight, the other to elite
troop number one hundred and ffty-three, both a tray. Each piece is decorated with lobed design
position thirty.
enclosing bamboo. The handles and the border
清道光 1844年 銅火炮一組兩件
來源:於1991 年11月20日倫敦佳士得 of the tray are decorated with acanthus leaves.
拍賣， 拍品第132號 英國私人珍藏
(mark) (mark) The vessels are marked also marked with Chinese
stamp reading Yi Chang, the tray is stamped Feng.
The tray, 12º in. (31 cm.) diam. (5)
£1,500-2,500 $2,200-3,500
€1,900-3,200
151 The Lombardic H, also known as the ‘Hoaching
H’ is the trademark of Hoaching, believed to be a
celebrated silversmithing business (active circa
1850-1870) that had a large and prominent shop
on Club Street, Honam Island, Canton.
The tray is inscribed in Dutch ‘Aan den Heer J.L.L.
van Leeuwen/ kontroleur eerste klasse / dit klein
geschenk/ als een bewijs hunner hoogachting/
aangeboden/ door de Ingezetenen Van Ohleh
Leh/ den 20en November/ 1881’, which may
be translated as ‘To Mr J.L.L. van Leeuwen/
controller frst class/ this small gift/ as a token of
their high esteem/ by the residents of Ohleh Leh/
on the 20th November/ 1881’. Ohleh Leh was a
Dutch defensive perimeter on the island of Atjeh
during the Dutch colonial war during the years
1873-1914.
清十九世紀末 外銷純銀咖啡具一
套五件
附廣州 HOACHING 標記
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