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Lot 549, Bluett & Sons invoice
19th September 1979

548 549
A GOLD-PLATED POCKET WATCH MADE FOR A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT SILVER HAIRPIN
THE CHINESE MARKET TANG DYNASTY
19 CENTURY Formed as a two-pronged pin terminating in a finial formed
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The reverse with calligraphy reading Xiang Fu as an openwork floral spray, the flowers and leaves with
meaning ‘auspicious and good fortune’ and finely incised details, 25.1cm, 15g.
shu Hunan ti du for ‘the provincial commander £600-1,000
of Hunan’, the movement inscribed ‘Juery?
London 743’, 8cm. Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased from
£100-200 Bluett & Sons Ltd on 19th September 1979, and thence by
descent.
Cf. Q Shen, Selected Treasures of Shaanxi History Museum:
Gold and Silver, p.111, no.116 for a comparable pair of Tang
dynasty hairpins with a chrysanthemum design; see also
Sotheby’s New York, 19th March 2019, lot 102 for another
related pair of hairpins.

550 551
A PAIR OF CHINESE SILVER ‘DRAGON’ VASES A PAIR OF CHINESE ENAMEL ‘LOTUS’ BOWLS
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TH
19 CENTURY 18 /19 CENTURY
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Each formed as a crouching scaly dragon disgorging a Each decorated to the exterior with stylised lotus
conical vase from its mouth, with punch marks to the sprays between ruyi-heads and lappets, with areas of
underside of their heads, 16.3cm, 129g and 127g. (2) detail highlighted in gilt, all reserved on a bright turquoise
£400-600 ground, with geometric bands to the feet, 8.5cm. (2)
£500-1,000

552 553
A CHINESE SILVER TEA CANISTER AND COVER A CHINESE SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP
19 CENTURY 2 HALF 19 CENTURY
TH
TH
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The cylindrical body decorated with two dragons The body decorated with many birds perched and in flight
contesting a large flaming jewel amidst swirling clouds, amongst flowering prunus trees, with a shield to one side,
with a further dragon to the cover, its head forming the the two loop handles shaped as tree trunks with applied
finial, the base with punch marks reading Liang and ‘SS’ for branches and blossoms, all raised on a tall stem and
Sunshing, Canton, 11cm, 206g. (2) circular base, the foot with punch marks reading Ti and
£800-1,200 ‘WS’, 26.6cm, 693g.
£1,000-2,000

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