Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 13 October 2014
Continental & Oriental Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Glass including collections of Chinese Jade
Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 500 - 2 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 513
About this Item
A Chinese Export silver cigarette case, Lee Kam, early 20th century
rectangular, the front moulded in relief with a sage and his attendant beneath a tree overlooking a fisherman before a bridge, with pavilions and a mountanous landscape in the distance, centred by a shield-shaped cartouche engraved with the initials 'MDM', the reverse with a three-clawed dragon holding a flaming pearl, gilt interior, inscribed 'Dongtian' 67,3g, 8,3cm long
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