Lot 30
LARGE EXPORT SILVER TRAY
ZHAO CHANG AND HC MARKS, LATE QING DYNASTY
£2,000
Auction: 7 November 2018 at 16:00 GMT
Description
of hexalobed form resembling a flowerhead, the interior chased and engraved with six petal-form cartouches enclosing birds amongst 'The Three Friends of Winter' bamboo, prunus and pine, all on a ring-punched ground, the wide rim embossed with further birds and flowers, raised on three short feet, marked 'Zhao Chang' in Chinese and twice 'HC' in English to the base
Dimensions
37.6cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
A private Edinburgh collection of Chinese export silver; for more information, please see lot 27.
A private Edinburgh collection of Chinese export silver; for more information, please see lot 27.
