Asian Art II - 14th November 2018

Lot 505

A CHINESE SILVER BOWL 20TH CENTURY With a scaly dragon wrapped around the body

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £550

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Description

A CHINESE SILVER BOWL

20TH CENTURY

With a scaly dragon wrapped around the body, incised with the initials B D A and with a commemorative note in Chinese to the reverse, all raised on a slightly flared foot, a punch mark to the base, 13.6cm, 228g.

Provenance: a Spanish private collection, Madrid, purchased from John Tan Yan, Grays in the Mews, London, on 4th April 1986. A copy of the original invoice is available.