CASED CHINESE EXPORT SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE WITH SUGAR TONGS
LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, SHENG CHANG, CANTON, CIRCA 1875-1930
£5,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 13 May 2022 at 11:00 BST
Description
清末民初 「慎昌」、「90」、「CL」款 外銷銀竹林舞蝶圖海棠形茶具一組四件（帶原盒）
comprising: a teapot, a handled milk jug, a twin-handled sugar bowl, and a pair of sugar tongs, all vessels of quatrefoil form elegantly carved with bamboo grooves visited by butterflies, except the tongs, all marked '慎昌 (Shen Chang)', '90' and a retail mark 'CL' for Cheong Lam (林昌 [Cheng Lin]), in a cloth-lined original fitted wooden case
Dimensions
Teapot: 15cm high, 579g; milk jug: 12cm high, 224g; sugar bowl: 11cm high, 229g; sugar tongs: 11.7cm long, 43g
Provenance
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, has been in the family for over 100 years
Footnote
Note: the retail mark is "CL" for CHEONG LAM/C.L. 林昌 [CHENG LIN]; a Canton retailer. With thanks to Adrien von Ferscht, a Chinese export silver specialist, for the footnote on this lot.