SET OF FOUR EXPORT SILVER TEA WARES
QING DYNASTY, TU MAO XING, JIANGXI, CIRCA 1880-1930
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
£4,000
Description
清末民初 涂茂興款 外銷銀茶具組(一組四件)
comprising: a tea kettle on stand set with burner, 25cm high on stand; one teapot, 23.5cm wide; a sugar container, 16.5cm wide; and a milk jug, 12cm wide, all similarly decorated with bamboo grove around the body, set with sinuous bamboo sprigs as handles, stand on ruyi-cloud foot, bases of vessels, and burner with a hallmark '涂茂興'
Dimensions
total weight: 1968g
Footnote
Provenance: private Scottish collection