Page 892 - Chinese SIlver By Adrien Von Ferscht
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The two vignettes of sections of the rose bowl’s decoration show how Wu Hua has chosen to veer more towards
the true Chinese style rather than a pastiche version for Western taste. This also throws a question mark over
quite who the item was aimed at -
solely the West , the home
Chinese market or both.
The lobed reticulated dish [right]
on first sight may look similar to
many examples produced by
other Chinese silversmiths, but
this W u Hua piece has
alternating segments containing
Chinese ideograms that are
integral to the overall fretwork.
