Lot Essay
Examples of Chinese silver-gilt are extremely rare. According to Chinese Export Silver only two other examples are known to the authors.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF IRA AND NANCY KOGER
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-GILT BEAKER
MARK OF YATSHING OR YATCHING, CANTON, CIRCA 1825
Details
A RARE CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-GILT BEAKER
MARK OF YATSHING OR YATCHING, CANTON, CIRCA 1825
Tapering cylindrical, with fluted lower body, the reeded rim with grapevine border, the cup engraved with a crest within oval cartouche, marked under base
4 7/8 in. (12 cm.) high; 10 oz. 10 dwt. (336 gr.)
MARK OF YATSHING OR YATCHING, CANTON, CIRCA 1825
Tapering cylindrical, with fluted lower body, the reeded rim with grapevine border, the cup engraved with a crest within oval cartouche, marked under base
4 7/8 in. (12 cm.) high; 10 oz. 10 dwt. (336 gr.)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. John Devereux Kernan
Literature
H. A. Crosby Forbes, et al., Chinese Export Silver 1785 to 1885, 1975, illus. cover, fig. 1, no. 273
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