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

118 214 PROPERTIES FROM A NOTED COLLECTOR OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER *A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘DRAGON’ TWO-HAN- DLED COMMEMORATIVE CUP OR TROPHY BY CHEONG SHING CHINA, SHANGHAI OR CANTON / GUANGZHOU, EARLY 20TH CENTURY This commemorative cup rests on a spread foot, has a round body and his flanked by two C-form handles. It is finely chiselled and deeply worked in repousse ton depict a flying flour- claw dragon whose body is coiled around the cup and two further leaping dragons, whose arched bodies shape the handles. The base bears two (2) marks: the first one made up of two (2) Chinese ideograms; the second one reading ‘Cheong Shing’. This piece is sold together with a partially open-worked wooden stand engraved with a Chinese inscription to the base. Dimensions (stand excluded): H: 11,5 cm - width: 28 cm Weight: 779,4 grams Provenance: a noted collector of Chinese Export Silver wares. 大型中国出口银 “ 龙纹 ” 双柄纪念 / 奖杯 - 昌 盛造 中国，上海或广州，晚清， 20 世纪早期 € 1,000 - 2,000 215 PROPERTIESFROMANOTEDCOLLECTOR OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER *A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘BAM- BOO AND PEONY’ TRAY OR DISH CHINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY This tray is of circular shape and is resting on three round feet. Its central part is nicely and naturalistically chis- elled with peonies against a guilloche ground whilst its wing it open-worked with a design of bamboo. The base bears three (3) marks: the first one is ‘90’ probably for the grade of sil- ver used; the second one is ‘ 廣信隆 ’ (guǎng xìnlóng), possibly the maker mark; the third is ‘KC’. D: 21cm Weight: 437,4 grams Provenance: a noted collector of Chinese Export Silver wares. 中国出口银 “ 竹子和牡丹 ” 托盘 中国，晚清， 20 世纪早期 € 1,500 - 3,000 216 PROPERTIESFROMANOTEDCOLLECTOR OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER *A LARGE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ‘DRAGON’TRAY OR DISH UNIDENTIFIED MAKER CHINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY This tray is of circular shape. Its central part is nicely chiselled with two confronted flying dragons whilst its wing is adorned. The base The base bears three (3) marks: the first one is ‘90’ probably for the grade of silver used; the second one is ‘ 廣信隆 ’ (guǎng xìnlóng); the third is ‘KC’. D: 34 cm Weight: 910,4 grams Provenance: a noted collector of Chinese Export Silver wares. 大型中国出口银 “ 龙纹 ” 托盘 中国，晚清， 20 世纪早期 € 2,000 - 4,000 213 PROPERTIESFROMANOTEDCOLLECTOR OF CHINESE EXPORT SILVER *A GROUP OF THREE (3) CHINESE EXPORT SILVER PIECES UNIDENTIFIED MAKERS CHINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY - The first piece is a Chinese export silver face mirror, originally part of a vanity set, nicely chiselled with a flying three-claw dragon. H: 23,8 cm Gross weight: 295,5 grams - The second piece is a Chinese export silver box and cover of rectangular shape adorned on four (4) sides as well as on the top of the lid with a fine repousse décor of medallions circum- scribing birds and flowers against guilloche grounds. It may have been originally partially gilded. The base bears a mark reading ‘金品’ ( jīn pǐn), lit. ‘gold’. H: 7,4 cm - L: 14 cm - width: 9,3 cm Weight: 356 grams - The third piece is a finely made filigree and enamelled card holder adorned with flowers and dragons. H: 9,5 cm Gross weight: 64 grams Provenance: a noted collector of Chinese Export Silver wares. 一组三（ 3 ）件中国出口银器 中国，晚清， 20 世纪早期 € 600 - 800