MAKER'S MARK DA XING, 19TH CENTURY

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A SILVER-GILT GLOBULAR TEAPOT AND COVER
Maker's mark Da Xing, 19th century
Repoussé on the body with a continuous scene of dignitaries and attendants on a pavilion terrace watching warriors on horseback, another on a Buddhist lion, other shield-bearing soldiers on foot and attendants holding banners, the slender spout and shallow domed cover similarly decorated, all below a cusped arch handle with ivory top
6 in. (15 cm.) high overall

Provenance

W.H.W. Meyer

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Lot Essay

A miniature silver salver, also with maker's mark for Da Xing, is illustrated by J. Devereux Kernan, The Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver, New York, 1985, p.163, no.169; the author comments that this is the only known piece by this maker.

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