RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 18th JUNE, 2018.
19th Century Chinese Export silver pair of vases, impressive and exceptionally fine, amphora-shaped, decorated with repoussé prunus against a “cracked ice” effect ground. Exquisite prunus blossom handles mounted on each side, standing on a very unusual ball and pedestal base, applied with beaded boarders.
Hallmarked 90 (900+ silver standard), Maker Wing Cheong, Hong Kong.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5317
17th Century Chinese Ming dynasty silver-gilt dish, with a wide everted rim rising from a flat base, the interior centred with a shou roundel surrounded by pairs of immortals paying tribute to Shoulao and his two attendants beneath an overhanging pine tree, situated amongst lingzhi stems issuing from rockwork, with a deer in the foreground and a flying crane above, the rim decorated with stylised lotus foliates. Unmarked (tested 900+ standard).
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5180
18th Century rare Chinese Kangxi period silver box, fan shaped, decorated in repousse' high relief, on very finely tooled matted and gilded ground, top finely cast in high-relief with two scholars situated in a stylised landscape with large floral sprigs and flying birds, surrounded by a key-fret border at the rim, the sides of the top and box decorated in low-relief with further scholars amongst a mountainous waterscape detailed with pavilions and pine trees. Unmarked (tested 900+ standard).
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4773
19th Century Japanese Meiji period very fine silver figures of quails, on a carved wood stand. The naturalistically modeled birds decorated with enamelled eyes and plumage, with realistically engraved feathers.
Tested to be 950+ high grade silver. One of the birds signed Hasegawa Issei (Gyokutosai), 1890-1920, active in Asakusa, Tokyo during the Meiji and Taisho Eras.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5349