Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Asian Arts, Jewellery and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 6 - 14 April 2020
Asian Works of Art
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 7 500 - 8 000
About this Item
A group of Chinese Export silver ladies accoutrements, various makers and dates, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
comprising: a chatelaine, three pairs of hair pins, a pair of nail covers and a pair of scissors; a Chinese Export silver chatelaine, apparently unmarked, associated chain, minor dents, split, 38,5cm long, 55g; three pairs of Chinese Export silver hair pins, each pair united by a chain, one with bamboo motif, signed, the second with barley-twist design, signed, and the third example tapering square-section, the longest 23,5cm long, 145g all in; a pair of Chinese Export silver nail covers, apparently unmarked, centred by a cash symbol and engraved with foliate decoration, minor dents, 7cm long, 10g all in ; and a pair of Chinese Export silver presentation scissors, Tuck Chang & Company, 1870-1920, the handles of the scissors chased as two coiled dragons, the blade engraved Mrs H. E. ARNHOLD, OPENING CEREMONY YANGTSZEPOO DOCK No. 2, FEBRUARY 21st 1930, 22,2cm long
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