Chinese Silver, Flatware and Silverplate

Antique Chinese Silver Lemon Fork with Tea Kettle finial, C.1900. Lemon wedge fork splay tines, bamboo style stem. Could also be used as an hors d'oeuvres pick. Chinese mark and test...

This small silver box was crafted in China and has been inset with a carved jade plaque to the lid. The rectangular box is simply marked 'silver' an...

THIS IS AN ANTIQUE ART DECO SILVER FILIGREE CHINESE EXPORT CORAL AND TURQUOISE PERFUME BOTTLE, SNUFF BOTTLE. THE SILVER FILIGREE IS OF THE HIGHEST Q...

Wimbledon-Furniture Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this lovely solid silver Meiji period circa 1870 dragon embossed cigarette case with gold gilt internals If y...

A fine Chinese photo frame In the Art Deco style. With felt covered, hinged easel back to each. Marked to the sides with Chinese characters. Si...

The Poet Li Bai & the "Zhuxi Liuyi" Literati at Culai Mountain Peerless Tang Dynasty poet, Li Bai, who famously drowned drunk in the Yangtze River while trying to embrace the moon's watery reflection astride his boat, was immortalized by his friend Du Fu's satirical poem Yinzhong Baxian (8 Immortals of the Wine Cup - in reality, Li Bai, cavorting with his Imperial & noble literati friends). Imbibement was Li Bai's method of poetic inspiration, and the reference upon this vessel meant for alcohol consumption is no accident, making it the quintessential Chinese Export Silver drinking vessel of this type. In contrast to the common village vignettes & violent battle scenes typically found on similar vessels, we are instead treated here to a sophisticated diorama of the most elevated pursuits: Li Bai & his renowned literati group, the Zhuxi Liuyi (Li Bai, Pei Zhen, Kong Chaofu, Zhang Shuming, Han Zhun, and Du Fu) engaged in the classical arts of calligraphy, poetry, guzheng, and weiqi (圍棋) - all stimulated by cups of wine flowing from the hands of servant boys. The literati are surrounded by auspicious symbols of immortality, from lingzhi-covered ancient trees to flying cranes to mist-encircled heights replete with pagodas, bamboo, and viewing stones. The foreground bamboo stream with floating waterfowl & lotus blossoms identifies Li Bai's real-world home in Zhuxi (which means "Bamboo Stream") at Culai Mountain (in Shandong). Similar depictions of Li Bai & this illustrious group of six can be found on priceless Qianlong jade brush pots...

A fine antique Chinese Export silver cased travel dresser bottle. The interior housing is an English glass dresser bottle with a stopper. The exterior consisting of a hand made con...

A fine antique Chinese silver export matchbox cover. By Luen Wo. With a central monogrammed heart (engraved with a monogram HL) surrounded by repousse chrysanthemums. Marked to th...

A fine Chinese photo frame. In the Art Deco style. With felt covered, hinged easel back to each. Marked to the sides with Chinese characters. S...

These intricate Silver pill boxes were crafted by Wang Hing – a renowned Chinese silversmith of XIX – 1st half of XXc. who was probably responsible for producing more Chinese Expor...

A fine antique Chinese silver export matchbox cover. By Hung Chong of Canton & Shanghai. With openwork chrysanthemums and a central (unengraved) shield cartouche to one side of the...

A fine set of antique Chinese export silver flatware. Consisting of two (differently sized) spoons and a dinner fork. The tops of the ...