Lot 51
Lot 51
A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER PRESENTATION GLOBE

MARK OF FENG XIANG YU JI, TIANJIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

    Price Realised USD 4,000
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    A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER PRESENTATION GLOBE

    MARK OF FENG XIANG YU JI, TIANJIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

    Price Realised USD 4,000
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    Price Realised USD 4,000
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    formed as a globe engraved with lines of latitude and longitude, one side with circular reserve engraved THE ASTRA BILLIARDS CHALLENGE TROPHY, surmounted by a fully modeled eagle with wings spread, all raised on a detachable carved wood base, marked on underside of globe
    9.7/8 in. (25.1 cm) high, overall

    10 oz. 12 dwt. (330 gr.) weighable silver
    Provenance
    With Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
    Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 1999, lot 158 (sold as one of two).
    Literature
    Kernan, John Devereux, The Chait Collection of Chinese Export Silver, New York, 1985, p. 240.
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