Page 660 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht
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This tea and coffee set quantifies what appears to have
            been the ethos of Sing Kwong; good quality - safe [i.e.
            not adventurous] - dependable. It is a retail silversmith
            who  knows  quality  and  has  opted  to  sit  between  the
            traditional and modernism.

            Yet  Sing  Kwong  could  create  something  that  at  first
            glance  might  register  as  being  totally  traditional
            Chinese fused with a neo-classical form, but it isn’t. At
            closer  look,  the  repoussé  work  dragon  has  a  magical
            depth brought to it in the manner the head and fangs of
            the dragon have been executed.


            Images courtesy of I.Franks, London;  Christie’s, South Kensington;



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