Teaware

Chinese Export Silver Teaset

Status: FOR SALE
Chinese Export Silver 3-piece Teaset, circa 1920, of pumpkin form, decorated with pumpkin vine and leaves on each piece, and a large impressive cicada on the teapot. The finial on the hinged lid of the teapot and also the pull-off lid on the sugar bowl, is in the shape of a pumpkin stem. The retailer's mark is struck with both LC, for Lain Chang, and the same name in Chinese characters ‘琏璋’ ;and the silversmith's mark is '厚祥' (Hou Xiang). Lain Chang seems to have been active in Shanghai from 1920-1934, and this teaset must have been one of their earliest pieces. A pumpkin is sometimes used in Chinese art to symbolise a wish for the owner to have many descendants.
Price range
£5k to £10k
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Product Details

maker
Lain Chang
Medium
Silver
Signed/inscribed/dated
circa 1920
dimensions
Teapot: H:100mm L:225mm W:140mm Sugar bowl: H:80mm 150mm W: 105mm Cream Jug: H:62mm L:135mm W:93mm
weight
877g
condition
Good
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