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A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.

A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
3 560 - 5 330 EUR
3 670 - 5 510 USD
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Cecilia Nordström
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A Chinese Export silver tea set, marked Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 20th century.

The artisan workshop mark for this set is WEN WEI JI 文煒記 [jyutping MAN WAI GEI][taishanhua MUN UI KEE][hakka VUN VI GI]. Comprising a tray, length 49.5 cm, weight 1294 gram, a tea pot with cover, length 21 cm, weight 592 gram, a milk jug, length 13.8 cm, weight 221 gram, a suger bowl, length 13.5 cm, weight 232 gram, a suger plier, length 12.5 cm, weight 39 gram. Total weigth 2378 gram.

Provenance

Property of a private Swedish collector.

Exhibitions

Hung Chong & Co was a prominent Chinese silversmith and retailer, based in Shanghai and operating between 1830 and 1925. The maker is renowned and celebrated for its ultimately elaborated designs and unusual shapes of the pieces. His retail business didn’t specialize only in high quality silver tableware, they also dealt in blackwood furniture, as well as embroideries and silk.

Literature

Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China
by Wright, Arnold, see the shop depicted on page 664.