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Shell & Silver Bamboo Banquet Tazza with Hongmu Stand by Wang Hing China circa 1880 height: 29.5cm, diameter (approx.): 36cm, weight: 1,829g   This impressive tazza or sweetmeats plate and stand comprises three large mother-of-pearl shells affixed to a thicket of bamboo comprises six bamboo canes and dozens of leaves, all in finely cast and  … Read more

Listen here to our new Podcast about Chinese Export Silver. Chinese export silver was produced in the southern coastal provinces of China in the 19th and early 20th centuries mostly for sale to expatriate Westerners based in Asia, and for export to Western Europe and the United States. The silver typically has European forms  … Read more

This exceptionally large and fine Chinese export silver presentation bowl weights almost 1.5 kilograms. It is of flattened spherical form, and sits on a low, flared foot that has cut detail. It has an unusual reinforced, scalloped rim with 25 crenulations. The sides are decorated with superbly-rendered applied sprays of chrysanthemum blooms, irises, plum blossoms  … Read more

This superb and very pleasing Chinese export silver bowl is of low but wide form and sits on three beautifully-rendered pierced and engraved foliate feet. The bulbous sides are decorated with six panels each worked in applied relief with different plant and flower motifs. One panel includes a spray of rose blooms; the rose being  … Read more

This very fine Chinese export silver taza is among the earliest known examples of work by the firm Wang Hing. The name of the maker is written in full on the piece. The base is flared and scalloped. From this rise three thick stems of plum tree topped by elegantly-rendered thickets of plum blossoms. An  … Read more

This exceptional Chinese export silver bowl by the maker Sunshing is both of good size and very unusual. It stands on three crossed legs in the form of bamboo canes. The bowl itself is decorated in applied silverwork with three sprays of peony blooms, birds and butterflies (symbolic of nuptial or marital happiness), against a polished  … Read more

This unusual Chinese export silver table cigar lighter is by the maker Wang Hing. It comprises a spherical body with applied and engraved chrysanthemum bloom decorations, which sits on three ball feet. It also has two pairs of removable tongs with spherical silver finials, and a removable wick holder in the form of a dragon’s  … Read more

This superb bowl by the maker Wang Hing is a fine example of Chinese export silver, in the Japanese style. It is heavy for its size. It sits on a round, scalloped foot and has deep, tapering sides. The rim is reinforced and scalloped.  The sides are decorated with eight tickets of irises among which interspersed  … Read more

This elegant, small Chinese export silver snuff box is in the form of a book. The front ‘cover’ is hinged and engraved with peony sprays against a tooled background. The back ‘cover’ is plain. The sides are engraved with lines to suggest pages and the ‘spine’ is rounded and ribbed to suggest leather binding. The  … Read more

A LEECHING CHINESE EXPORT SILVER BRUSH POT Leeching, Hong Kong, Canton and Shanghai, China, circa 1860 - Available at 2013 November 5 Fine Silver &...

Sold at auction Chinese Export Silver Presentation Centerpiece Compote for sale in auction. Auction Number 2519B, Lot Number 849. Bid on similar items for sale at auction

This very pleasing Chinese export silver bowl is pierced and chased with chrysanthemum flowers and leaves around the sides and base. It retains its original clear glass bowl insert. Unusually, the flowers around the sides have been enamelled in red, purple and green. Silversmiths in China often used enamel particularly for items of filigree and  … Read more

Sold at auction Large Chinese Export Silver Goblet for sale in auction. Auction Number 2519B, Lot Number 830. Bid on similar items for sale at auction

Sold at auction Four-piece Chinese Export Silver Tea Service for sale in auction. Auction Number 2754B, Lot Number 40. Bid on similar items for sale at auction

This fine and good-sized table box is both an excellent example of Chinese export silver and also of trade interest in that it has both the maker’s marks for Wang Hing to the base and Glasgow import markers and marks for the Scottish retailer Edwards & Sons, who were based in Buchanan Street, Glasgow, and  … Read more

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This magnificent Chinese export silver centrepiece designed to sit on a grand table is by the Shanghai maker Tuck Chang, which operated in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. It features a large, wide bowl, which stands on a baluster-form stem decorated with three cast dragons.  … Read more