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An early 20th century Chinese export silver three-piece coffee service, Hankou (Hankow) circa 1910, marked Lao Tian Bao Qing / Republic period. Comprising a coffee pot, a milk jug, and a twin handled covered sugar bowl. The handles and spout modelled as bamboo, the lid with bamboo finials. Each with a chased panel of decoration in a scalloped cartouche, the coffee pot with a tiger to one side and a stag to the other, the milk jug with an oxen to one side and a horse to the other, the sugar bowl with a rabbit to one side and a cat with a moth to the other, all against textured decoration with grasses, except the stag with fir trees. The upper sections with a flat chased foliate scroll band, the coffee pot lid with Buddha?s hand and a moth, and the sugar bowl with a pomelo and a moth. Each marked underneath with ?? (HANKOU) over ??? (LAO TIAN BAO, shop of Tian Bao). (3) Coffee pot height ? 15.5 cm / 6.15 inches Weight ? 956 grams / 30.74 ozt
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An early 20th century Chinese export silver three-piece coffee service, Hankou (Hankow) circa 1910,
Estimate £800 - £1,200
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£800
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The Gerard Collection, Chinese Export Silver
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