Summer Fine Art & Antiques Auction
by Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
754 lots with images
2012
Lot 1: Chinese Export Silver Bowl, Dragon Design
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Description: Chinese export silver bowl, chased and pierced design of a dragon chasing a flaming pearl design. Mark of Luen Wo (Shanghai) to underside. 2 3/4" H x 5" dia. 4.185 troy ounces. Late 19th/ Early 20th century.
Condition Report: Overall very good condition.
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Lot 2: Chinese Export Silver Box
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Description: Chinese Export silver trinket box, featuring detailed repousse decoration on all sides of figures conversing and eating in a garden setting with pagodas in the background. Gilt washed interior. Marked on the base with Chinese characters and the mark of Luen-Wo (working Shanghi, Late 19th/ Early 20th century). 2" H x 6" W x 3 1/4" D. 11.55 troy ounces.
Condition Report: Very good condition.
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Lot 3: Chinese Silver Trophy Cup
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Description: Chinese silver trophy cup, the bowl supported by a triple bamboo shoot pedestal on a raised circular foot, with a gilt wash on bowl and base. Bears the inscription "Shanghi Paper Hunt Club, 6th February 1937, Won by Mr. J. H. Liddell on King's Jubilee (Heavy Weight)", with maker's mark on underside for Hung Chong. 4.985 troy ounces. 5" H. Note: H.A. Crosby Forbes' book, Chinese Export Silver 1785-1885, lists Hung Chong as a well known jeweler with addresses in both Canton and Shanghai in the last half the 19th century and first quarter of the 20th century (1860-1930). Liddell Bros. was a British based firm specializing in exports from China in the same period.
Condition Report: Overall very good condition with slight wear to gilt wash.
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Lot 4: Chinese silver bud vase
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Description: Chinese silver bud vase, cherry tree repousse decoration, center cartouche engraved and dated "Marion, 17th April 1898". Asian marks and pseudohallmarks. 7-3/8" H. 3.22 oz troy. Note: inscription refers to Marion Hellyer Liddell, ancestor of consignor and wife of John Liddell, a member of Liddell family firm that owned shipping warehouses and land in China until 1949. Late 19th century.
Condition Report: Overall very good condition.
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Lot 5: Chinese Export Silver-Gilt Goblet
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Description: Chinese Export Silver Goblet, plain gilded rim over a body with heavy repousse design of birds amid bamboo leaves, ornamented with a vacant monogram shield and lined in a gilt-wash, on a bamboo-form stem, atop a circular foot with repousse root design. Marked on interior of foot ring with illegible Chinese character marks. 6-1/2"H, 4.75 oz troy. Chinese, late 19th to early 20th century. Provenance: Private Nashville, Tennessee collection.
Condition Report: Slightly misshapen with light dents to rim, body and footring, marks rubbed.
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