Lot Details
Lot 8
Chinese Export Silver Tea and Coffee Service
Late 19th/ early 20th century
Comprising a teapot, coffee pot, cream jug, sugar bowl and tray, each of melon-form, the panels with figures of warriors alternating with flowers and bamboo shoots, with dragon-form handles, the covers with dragon masks, the tray rim with dragons and pearl with faux bamboo border and handles. Height of coffee pot 9 1/4 inches, length of tray over handles 20 inches, total approximately 80 ounces.
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Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for $5,355 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
All with small dents to bodies from use; good detail to decoration; dents to foot rims
Teapot - cover slightly sprung
Coffee pot - large impact dents to each side; spout slightly pushed in; cover off and finial slightly pushed in
Cream - dents to body and underside; the handle broken and missing pieces of arms of dragon
Sugar bowl - lacking one whisker from dragon handle
Tray - apparently unmarked; with dents and not sitting exactly flat
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Teapot - cover slightly sprung
Coffee pot - large impact dents to each side; spout slightly pushed in; cover off and finial slightly pushed in
Cream - dents to body and underside; the handle broken and missing pieces of arms of dragon
Sugar bowl - lacking one whisker from dragon handle
Tray - apparently unmarked; with dents and not sitting exactly flat
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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