Chinese Export Silver Monteith-style Center Bowl

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Chinese Export Silver Monteith-style Center Bowl, Shanghai, late 19th/early 20th century, Luen Wo, maker, chased and embossed with a continuous scene of figures standing by and boating along a coastal village, with shaped rim finely pierced and engraved with writhing dragons chasing pearls, on domed foot with prunus repousse, ht. 8 1/8, dia. 9 1/4 in., approx. 28 troy oz.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

good, with minor age wear.

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