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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A HARDWOOD STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
19TH CENTURY, SIGNED WONG YIH SHING, SHANGHAI
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A HARDWOOD STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
19TH CENTURY, SIGNED WONG YIH SHING, SHANGHAI
The clock has a circular white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarters, surrounded by a gilt metal frame decorated with shou characters, bats and scrolling flowers. It is encased in a wooden frame with sliding panels to the front and reverse, decorated with openwork floral design and two rectangular windows to the side, the twin fusee movement with foliate engraved backplate signed ‘Wong Yih Shing / Shanghai’, accompanied with a brass winding key
25 in. (63.6 cm.) high overall, including stands
19TH CENTURY, SIGNED WONG YIH SHING, SHANGHAI
The clock has a circular white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarters, surrounded by a gilt metal frame decorated with shou characters, bats and scrolling flowers. It is encased in a wooden frame with sliding panels to the front and reverse, decorated with openwork floral design and two rectangular windows to the side, the twin fusee movement with foliate engraved backplate signed ‘Wong Yih Shing / Shanghai’, accompanied with a brass winding key
25 in. (63.6 cm.) high overall, including stands