Page 249 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht

DA XING DE [AKA TIAN XING DE]
Beijing
circa 1910-1940

A mark found on silver
items with painted enamel
and champlevé decoration
that appear to indicate
they are made
predominantly for the
C h i n e s e m a r k e t a n d
possibly for the expatriate
Chinese market
Items do tend to appear at
auction that are invariably
mis-catalogued

Beijing, historically, was
[and, to some extent, still
i s ] t h e c e n t r e f o r
enamelwork in all its
forms in China.

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