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LAO DAN FENG
            Hànkǒu, Hubei Province
            circa 1880-1940




























            A retail silversmith specialising in high quality items in the more traditional Chinese style. Hankou was a treaty
            port with five international concession areas










                                                                               Part  of  some  original  wrapping
                                                                               paper  from  the  Lao  Dan  Feng
                                                                               shop




                                                                               A circa 1930 teapot with matching
                                                                               cups  and  saucers  with  engraved
                                                                               decorative  motifs  on  a  high
            polished  ground.  The  saucers  are  cast  and  chased  with  similar  foliate  decorative  motifs  against  a  stippled
            ground.
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