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                                                             A CHINESE SILVER ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
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                                                             The deep body decorated in relief with four sinuous dragons amongst
                                                             swirling clouds, two of the beasts depicted contesting a large pearl, another
                                                             grasps a flaming jewel in its claws whilst the fourth expels a stream of
                                                             water from its mouth, all set against a matted ground and raised on a short
                                                             spread foot, the base with the punch marks Bao Feng and ‘WS’ for Woshing,
                                                             Shanghai, 22.7cm, 858g.
                                                             £4,000-5,000
                                                             Cf. Sotheby’s London, 6th December 2011, lot 166 for a bowl with a comparable
                                                             design.
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                                                             A CHINESE SILVER ‘DRAGON’ BOWL
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                                                             Decorated in repoussé with a dragon wrapping itself around the U-shaped
                                                             body, the beast with its head turned up towards a monogram, the flared
                                                             foot with punch marks reading Bao Sheng and ‘WH90’ for Wang Hing & Co,
                              554                            18.8cm, 656g.
                                                             £1,800-2,000
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                                                             A CHINESE SILVER ‘PRUNUS’ BOWL
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                                                             Decorated with four blossoming prunus trees, their trunks extending to form
                                                             the feet, one side embellished with a stylised detail of gnarled tree bark,
                                                             with three punch marks to the base, one reading He Sheng, another ‘WS’ for
                                                             Woshing, the third illegible, together with a reticulated wood stand, 18.9cm,
                                                             418g. (2)
                                                             £2,000-3,000
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                                                             A CHINESE SILVER ‘FIVE DRAGON’ TEAPOT
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                                                             The ovoid body decorated in repoussé with two dragons in pursuit of a
                                                             sacred pearl, one side set with a handle formed as a scaly dragon arching
                                                             its back, with the head of a further beast disgorging the curved spout, all
                                                             surmounted by a hinged cover with a finial shaped as the head of a coiled
                                                             dragon, the base with a punch mark, 25.5cm, 594g.
                                                             £1,600-1,800
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       22     See paragraphs 4 & 5 of our conditions of business at the back of the catalogue for additional charges on the final hammer prices
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