Chinese Export Silver Fruit Dish - Antique Circa 1880

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A fine, large and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver fruit dish; part of our Chinese / Asian silverware collection

SKU: A2969

Price: £2,250.00

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Chinese Export Silver Fruit Dish - Antique Circa 1880

Description

This antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) fruit dish has a circular rounded form onto three plain swept bracket style feet.

The sides of this antique dish are ornamented with eight pierced decorated panels.

Each panel is embellished with applied decoration depicting individual scenes, such as a bird sitting in a cherry blossom tree, a crane flying over iris flowers, and a chrysanthemum amidst foliage.

The rim of this fine dish is encompassed with an applied incurved shaped border.

The well of this large antique silver dish is plain and unembellished.

The hallmarks struck to the underside of this impressive dish include:

Maker's mark: LH (Luen Hing)

Silver quality/purity mark: 90 (90 standard, 900/1000)

Character mark: Untraced

View the full range of Chinese Export Silver available at AC Silver.

Maker: Luen Hing

Date: Circa 1880

Era: Qing Dynasty

Origin: Shanghai, China

Condition

This antique CES fruit dish is a very good gauge of silver, fine quality and in excellent presentation condition.

The applied decoration is very sharp.

Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the dish are all very clear.

Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this piece of antique Chinese Export Silver.

Dimensions

Diameter 29cm/11.4"

Height 6.7cm/2.6"

Weight

19 troy ounces/591g

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