Auction Catalogue
A Chinese export silver three piece tea service by Kwan Wo, comprising tea pot, cream jug and twin-handled sugar basin and cover, the tapered cylindrical bodies decorated with embossed hexagonal panels of figural scenes, spaced by panels of bamboo, prunus blossom and peonies, against a textured ground, each with vacant shield-shaped reserve, with bamboo-style scroll handles and finials, maker’s mark ‘KW’, with workshop/artisan mark, tea pot height 14cm. £600-£800
Kwan Wo of Canton and Hong Kong was active circa 1875-1940.
The tea pot with bone insulators to the handle.
In good overall condition, clear stamped marks to the base of each piece.
Gross weight approximately 27 troy oz.
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