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A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER TEAPOT A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER
PUNCH BOWL AND COVER CANDLESTICK
Stamped KSL mark, Late 19th/early 20th Han Tianbao stamped mark, 19th/20th 19th/20th century
century century Formed as a hubiao, the ceremonial column
The exterior finely worked in repousse with a The pear-shaped body decorated in repoussé placed outside the walls of the Forbidden
profusion of chrysanthemum sprays, a plain with birds amongst peony and rockwork and City, with repoussé dragons writhing around
circular boss to one side, the bowl raised on a with elaborate foliate cartouches, flanked with the trunk, flanked with a cloud, all raised on
tall foot rim, stamped with makers mark 生記 a rising spout and naturalistic loop handle a pedestal, the base stamped 北京萬寶足銀,
shengji to base. 37.6cm (14 3/4in) diam. imitating wood, the mouth rim foliated, the ‘Beijing Ten Thousand Treasures Pure Silver’.
receded lid with a flower finial, the base with a 23cm (9in) high
£4,000 - 6,000 three-character mark 漢天寶, han tianbao.
CNY39,000 - 58,000 19cm (7 1/2in) wide (2). £500 - 800
HK$47,000 - 71,000 CNY4,800 - 7,700
£500 - 800 HK$5,900 - 9,400
CNY4,800 - 7,700
HK$5,900 - 9,400

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