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This  large  presentation  casket-shaped  cigar  humidor  is  typical  of  the  quality  of  bespoke  items  Wang  Hing
            produced yet, at the same time exactly what sets Wang Hing apart from most of the other mid-late 19th century
            Chinese  retail  silversmiths.  Raised  on  bun  feet  with  copious  repoussé  decorative  work  of  coiled  dragons
            breathing flames towards a central cartouche on the lid. The sides
            carry  traditional  allegorical  scenes  depicting  figures  at  leisure  -
            one with a figure riding a stag, another with a figure resting on a
            table and further figures seated upon rock work before a bamboo
            cluster within a fenced garden. The interior is parcel gilded

            Here  [right]  is  an  example  of  Wang  Hing  &  Company  at  its  very
            best  with  this  superb  example  of  Sino-Victoriana.  It  is  also  a
            superb  example  of  social  history  of  the  times  and  how  a  retail
            silversmith in Canton is supplying a major bespoke trophy to the
            Indian Mercantile Community in Kuala Lumpur.

            The inscription reads:

                           Selangor Races 1893 Mava Cup
                                   Presented by
                          The Indian Mercantile Community
                                  Won by Romano
                                 Selangor Turf Club
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