8th Oct, 2024 11:00

Silver & Objects of Vertu
 
  Lot 270
 

A late 19th / early 20th century Chinese export silver covered bowl, Canton circa 1900, marked Bo, retailed by Wang Hing

A late 19th / early 20th century Chinese export silver covered bowl, Canton circa 1900, marked Bo, retailed by Wang Hing
Qing dynasty. Of compressed circular form with a moulded rim. The pull off domed lid surmounted by a Chinese Dragon head finial with saw cut frills heightened with engraving, wrought work horns, the cast and applied body on to the lid amidst clouds. The sides with cast and applied Chinese dragons amidst clouds chasing the sacred pearl. Marked underneath with artisan mark 伯 (BO), numeral 95, and retailer’s mark WH.
Diameter – 14.1 cm / 5.55 inches
Weight – 566 grams / 18.2 ozt


Bo

A Canton based workshop


A three-piece tea service by this workshop and retailer was sold Christie’s New York, the Posner collection of Chinese Export Silver, 22 Aug 2019, lot 6 ($10,000 incl. prem)

A bowl by this workshop and retailed by Hung Chong of Shanghai was sold Christie’s New York, the Posner collection of Chinese Export Silver, 22 Aug 2019, lot 65 ($1125 incl. prem)

Sold for £882

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