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Chinese Filigree Silver Fit for a Queen 为女王量身定做的中国花丝镶嵌银器
There is no set like it; nothing that even comes faintly near it. It is an extensive 47-piece suite of Chinese tea wares made entirely of filigree silver-gilt overlay, most pieces having a solid...
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DEFINITELY NOT A BAT OUT OF HELL! 西蝠非福，中蝠亦福
DEFINITELY NOT A BAT OUT OF HELL! 西蝠非福，中蝠亦福 The auspicious attachment to the bat in China highlights how different two cultures can be. In the West, the bat has almost always had sinister...
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Qing Dynasty Silver Meets the Ancient Art of Penjing 清代銀器遇上古代盆景藝術
Bonsai [kanji 盆栽] has become known across the Western world as well as much of Asia, yet as an English noun it has only existed as a dictionary word since 1950 describing, in the main, the rather...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: THE Yokohama Conundrum! 中國外銷銀器：橫濱難題
All world silver categories have their own peculiar, often unexplainable, anomalies; Qing Dynasty Silver [aka Chinese Export Silver] is not an exception. In the latter half of the 20th century,...
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Rare Qing Dynasty Mixed-Metals Confections 稀珍清代混合金屬組合的聯繫
Decorative items made of mixed metals by Chinese artisans who were otherwise known for their work in silver and gold existed throughout the many centuries of China’s silver-making history, but they...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER:
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THE WORLD OF CHINESE SILVER MINIATURES
In the past year there has been a noticeable increase in interest in Chinese silver miniature items from both the late Qing dynasty and the Republic era. Quite coincidentally this has been a period...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: “Sailing into the tiger’s mouth”
The SHING WO [SHENG HE] 和勝 artisan silver workshop in Canton was probably the most masterful in creating detailed miniature items of silver; a much-overlooked area of late Qing and Republic era...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Hong Kong Nostalgia
The Hong Kong retail silversmith WAI KEE 惠記 [in Mandarin: HUI JI] is one of the few retailers that truly spans three centuries; founded in 1885, the firm is still operating in almost the same location...
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CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Cicada Season!
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER: Cicada Season! With billions of cicadas about to plague America, to the Chinese they have traditionally been a symbol of immortality and longevity. Chinese gentry once decorated...
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