ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER CASED CUP & SAUCER, TUCK CHANG c. 1890
Antique 19th Century Chinese export solid silver cased tea cup and saucer, the cup stunningly embossed and chased in relief with a dragon emerging from clouds on a finely tooled ground, the handle simulating wooden branches, the saucers engraved with a dragon. The set features very high craftsmanship and reveals a perfect condition, it comes in the original fitted wooden box lined in blue silk and applied with brass handle. While having its own working relationships with Shanghai-based artisan silversmiths helped create a style other than that of Canton and Hong Kong.
The large international resident population ensured a brisk trade in trophy silver items. ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER CASED CUP & SAUCER, TUCK CHANG c. Probably one of the best known retail silversmiths of the latter half of the 19th century in Shanghai - often referred to as being the Wang Hing of Shanghai. In Great Condition - No Damage.
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- Product: Cased tea cup
- Age: 1850-1899
- Composition: Solid Silver
- Maker: Tuck Chang