A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER GOBLET
Made By Wang Hing & Co., Hong Kong, late 19th / early 20th century
Set on a tall slender stem, encircled by a blossoming prunus branch, above a circular foot cast in low relief with the tree roots, the cup decorated in repousse with a continuous scene of ladies and gentlemen at leisure in a pavilion garden, a blank shield to the front, stamped mark WH to the side of the foot.
14cm (5 1/2in) high,
Weight 0.15kg
Condition Good Having vacant cartouche to front
Provenance UK Private collection, London
Wang Hing
circa 1854 - 1941
Probably the greatest and finest Chinese Export retailer, Wang Hing started trading in Canton soon after 1842 when, with the end of the First Opium War and the treaty of Nanking, China opened its ports to foreign merchants and Hong Kong became a British colony.
Wang Hing was the trading name chosen by the Lo family who established the business and passed it down for generations until 1941.Although we d
...on’t have any information about the founder of the company, we know that the Lo family was a wealthy merchant family living in one of the richest and buzzing areas of Canton, the district of Xiguan.
Thanks to the fine quality of the pieces and to the entrepreneurial abilities of the family members, the reputation of the firm grew and in 1920’s Lo Hung Tong, grandson of the founder, opened a shop at 10 Queen’s Road, Hong Kong and in Shanghai. Wang Hing artworks became very popular among Western clients, who often commissioned trophies and presentation pieces decorated with the traditional Chinese motifs such as dragons, bamboo leaves and prunus blossoms.
In 1941 with the Japanese invasion, the Lo family was forced to flee to mainland China and the business ceased trading.
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1176313
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
Height is 14cm (5.5inches)Width is 0cm (0.0inches)Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
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