Page 657 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht
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Anyone  who  can  be  responsible  for  creating  an
                                                                elegant galleried bowl [above] and then create this
                                                                triple  trumpet  centrepiece  [left]  has  an  extremely
                                                                creative and fertile mind.

                                                                They  may  be  the  product  of  different  periods,  but
                                                                they  are  such  diverse  interpretations.  But  looking
                                                                through  this  small  selection  of  Sing  Fat  items,
                                                                “diversity” is a central theme.

                                                                Sing Fat was obviously responsible for producing a
                                                                prodigious amount of silver during the sixty or so
                                                                years of its existence, but sadly Sing Fat has never
                                                                gained the level of recognition it deserves.

                                                                                        I m a g e s  c o u r t e s y  o f
                                                                                        Bonham’s,  New  York;
                                                                                        Supershrink’s  House  of
                                                                                        Silver;  Millea  Bros.  Ltd,
                                                                                        New  Jersey,  USA;
                                                                                        Koopmans  Rare  Art,
                                                                                        London;  IGEOR,
                                                                                        Montreal,  Canada;
                                                                                        S&JStodel, London
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