Adam's FINE ASIAN ART Part I 28th & Part II 29th June 2022

Fine Asian Art | 28-29 & 30 June 2022 117 Additional information and photographs for all lots can be found at www.adams.ie 210 A MAYBE COUMPOUND FIVE-PIECE (5) CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘BAMBOO’ TEA AND COFFEE SET BY C.J. & CO AND LTH CHINA, SHANGHAI, EARLY 20TH CENTURY It is composed of: - one lidded coffee pot; - one lidded teapot; - one lidded sugar bowl; - one lidded cream pot; - one two-handled tray. All pieces have bamboo-shaped handles. All pieces are adorned with bamboo. Each piece bears marks amidst which: ‘C.J.’ for the tray, ‘LTH’ for the creampot, ‘LTH’ for the sugar bowl, ‘L.T.H.’ for the teapot and ‘C.J.Co.’ for the coffee pot. H (the coffee pot): 23,7 cm - L (the tray): 55 cm Total weight: 3606,4 grams 五件套（ 5 ）中国出口银 “ 竹叶纹 ” 茶具，由 C.J. & CO 公 司生产 中国，上海，晚清， 20 世纪早期 € 1,000 - 2,000 211 PROPERTIES FROM A NOTED COLLEC- TOR OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER *A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘DRAG- ON AND BAMBOO’ THREE-PIECE (3) TEA SET C.J. & CO CHINA, SHANGHAI, EARLY 20TH CENTURY This tea set is composed of one lidded teapot, one lidded sugar bowl and one cream pot. All pieces are resting on a spread foot, have a compressed round body and have handles and beak shaped as bamboo. The two lidded pieces have their cover of dome shape topped by a bamboo shape finial. All pieces are finely worked in repousse to depict dragons. On the base of each piece, there is a mark: ‘C.J.’, that of the maker. H (the biggest, the teapot together with its lid): 15 cm Total weight: 820,9 grams Provenance: a noted collector of Chinese Export Silver wares. 中国出口 “ 龙与竹 ” 三件套 中国，上海，晚清时期， 20 世纪早期 € 2,000 - 4,000 212 PROPERTIES FROM A NOTED COLLECTOR OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER *A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘DRAGON’ TEA CADDY AND COVER BY WANH HING & CO CHINA, CANTON / GUANGZHOU, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Of round shape, nicely worked in repousse to depict a flying four-claw dragon whose body is coiled around the box and a further flying four- claw dragon on the top of the lid. The base bears three (3) marks in total: the first one is a Chinese ideogram; the second one is ‘WH’ for Wang Hing, the company name; the third one may be read as ‘OG’ (?), possibly the maker mark. H: 5,8 cm - D: 9,1 cm Weight: 186g Provenance: a noted collector of Chinese Export Silver wares. 中国出口银带盖 “ 龙纹 ” 茶罐 中国，广州，晚清， 20 世纪早期 € 600 - 800