CHINESE EXPORT SILVER 'FLORAL' BOWL
RETAILED BY WUHUA, BEIJING, CA. 1890-1940
£1,386
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
「北京 物華」、「紋銀」錘印款 外銷銀花卉紋碗
deep circular bowl supported on a spreading foot, double skinned with plain interior and foliated rim, the exterior decorated with floral sprays in high relief on each lob, the base impressed with ‘Beijing Wuhua’, ‘Wen Yin’ marks in Chinese
Dimensions
16.2cm wide; 699g
Provenance
Private English collection, Buckinghamshire. The collector has been collecting objet d'art for decades, developed an interest in Chinese Export Silver over 20 years ago.
英格蘭私人收藏，白金漢郡；收藏各類藝術文物已數十載，廿年前伊始收藏中國外銷銀器。
Footnote
According to Chinese export silver expert Adrien Von Ferscht's kind comment via email correspondence, 'Wu Hua' also operated in Tianjin where there was a significant Japanese sector and there was a Japanese Embassy in the Foreign Legation area of Beijing at this time. In particular, with items of Chinese silver using the traditional repoussé iris motif, it is not uncommon to find items that look Japanese in style.