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A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.

A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
697 - 872 EUR
730 - 912 USD
Hammer price
11 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A Chinese silver tea set, Wang Hing & Co, early 20th Century.

Modelled as an Yixing tea pot with milk jug and suger bowl. Lenght of tea pot, 19,5 cm. Height of teapot 10 cm. Height of milk jug 7 cm. Height of sugar bowl 7,5 cm.

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Provenance

Wang Hing was almost certainly a created name – not uncommon in eastern culture – intended to encourage good luck, rather than a name of the owner of the business. The firm was established in Canton in 1854, by the wealthy Lo merchant family.

The company Wang Hing & Co.’s success as an exporter of silver was surely affected by the recent colonization of Hong Kong by the British, which had taken place 1842. Simultaneously, the Treaty of Nanking was established, which would aid China’s export trade all over the world, though being especially favourable to the British and America.

Previously, Chinese silver had been created largely in the same style as Georgian British silverware. Suddenly the abundance of export trade to the Western world mean that Chinese export silver began to feature traditional Chinese motifs, patterns and symbols. This would prove to be popular with Western retailers and consumers, as the novelty of this new style of silverware made the pieces fashionable.

Wang Hing & Co. eventually grew to be so successful that they opened a premises in Hong Kong in the early 1920s which sold silverware, jade, lacquerware as well as other luxury homewares.

Wang Hing and Co. are one of the most famous, certainly the most prolific Chinese export silver makers in the world. This reputation is largely due to the firm’s relationship with Tiffany’s – as it was a long held belief that Wang Hing and Co. directly supplied Tiffany and Co. with Chinese Export silver.