Antique 1880s Chinese Export Silver Fruit Dish

This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) fruit dish has a circular rounded form onto three plain swept bracket style feet.

The sides of this antique dish are ornamented with eight pierced decorated panels.

Each panel is embellished with applied decoration depicting individual scenes, such as a bird sitting in a cherry blossom tree, a crane flying over iris flowers, and a chrysanthemum amidst foliage.

The rim of this impressive dish is encompassed with an applied incurved shaped border.

The well of this large antique silver dish is plain and unembellished.

The hallmarks struck to the underside of this impressive dish include:
Maker’s mark: LH (Luen Hing).
Silver quality/purity mark: 90 (90 standard, 900/1000).
Character mark: Untraced.

Condition
This antique CES fruit dish is a very good gauge of silver, fine quality and in excellent presentation condition. The applied decoration is very sharp. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the dish are all very clear.

Dimensions
Diameter 29cm/11.4″
Height 6.7cm/2.6″.

Weight
19 troy ounces/591g.

Maker: Luen Hing
Era: Qing Dynasty
Origin: Shanghai, China
Date: circa 1880

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