An early 20^th century Chinese export silver mounted four bottle bitters decanter, Hong Kong circa 1930, retailed by Tack Hing

Republic period. Of baluster form upon a spreading circular foot, the cylindrical neck fitted with four pouring lips, the pull out cork stoppers with mounts formed as new bamboo shoots. The glass body with pierced openwork mounts of four areas of decoration, a Chinese dragon amidst clouds, bamboo, peonies, and a scene of a boat in the foreground and a pagoda in the background. The neck with a Chinese dragon chasing the sacred pearl as a vacant cartouche. The clear glass body with four internal divisions, moulded underneath MADE IN FRANCE. Marked underneath with retailer’s mark TACKHING, STERLING, MADE IN HK, C.

Height – 33.8 cm / 13.3 inches

Two decanters of this exact form, one marked exactly the same is illustrated Kwan. S. (2018) Chinese Export Silver – The Muwen Tang Collection. Hong Kong: Muwen Tang Fine Arts Publication Ltd. p.492-493, f. 208.

Another similar decanter retailed by Lee Yee Hing is illustrated ibid, p.518-519, f. 221.

Another example retailed by Tack Hing, was sold Christie’s New York, the Posner collection of Chinese Export Silver, 22 Aug 2019, lot 27 ($1625 incl. prem)