Teservis, fyra delar, silver. Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 1900-tal.

Bestående av bricka, längd 49,5 1294 gram, tekanna längd 21 cm, vikt 592 gram, mjölkkanna, längd 13,8cm, vikt 221 gram, samt sockerskål, längd 13,5 cm, vikt 232 gram med sockertång, längd 12,5 cm, vikt 39 gram. Total vikt 2378 gram.

Proveniens

Property of a private Swedish collector.

Utställningar

Hung Chong & Co was a prominent Chinese silversmith and retailer, based in Shanghai and operating between 1830 and 1925. The maker is renowned and celebrated for its ultimately elaborated designs and unusual shapes of the pieces. His retail business didn’t specialize only in high quality silver tableware, they also dealt in blackwood furniture, as well as embroideries and silk.

Litteratur

Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China
by Wright, Arnold, see the shop depicted on page 664.

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