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A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘DRAGON’ TROPHY A FINE LARGE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘ELEGANT
WH Xiechang 90 mark, late Qing Dynasty GATHERING’ TROPHY BOWL
Finely embossed with four dragons amongst clouds on the exterior in Wang Hing 90 Taikut mark, late Qing Dynasty,
low-relief repoussé, set with two bamboo-shaped handles, the stem as The wide bowl embossed with lofty scholars, attendants, houses and
the tails of three joint ao fishes rising from a spreading foot embossed with river in a traditional Chinese landscape on exterior sides joint by two
bamboo branches, all on a diaper ground. lion mask handles suspending rings, supported on the tails of three
39.5cm (15 1/2in) high, 2,235g ao fishes standing on a spreading foot embossed with two dragons
chasing a pearl in clouds. 32cm (12 3/5in) high, 2,331g.
£10,000 - 12,000
CNY91,000 - 110,000 £15,000 - 18,000
CNY140,000 - 160,000
清末 銀雲龍紋竹節耳盃
「WH」、「協昌」、「90」錘印款 清末 銀高士雅集圖活環耳盃
「Wang Hing」、「90」、「大吉」錘印款
WH stands for Wang Hing, which was a well-known craft shop, based
in Hong Kong, 10 Queen’s Road Central, famous for specialising in Taikut (大吉) was the name of a silver workshop located in Guangzhou,
gold and silver from the late Qing dynasty to the Republican period. active during the late Qing and Republican periods. There is also the
Wang Hing’s wares were considered to be of very high quality and he mark of Wang Hing which was a well known craft shop, based in Hong
once supplied silver ware articles for Tiffany & Co. see The Silver Age: Kong, 10 Queen’s Road Central, famous for specialising in gold and
Origins and Trade of Chinese Export Silver, Hong Kong, 2017, p.212. silver. See The Silver Age: Origina and Trade of Chinese Export Silver,
Hong Kong, 2017, p.207.

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