Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

210 A Chinese Export silver card case, retailed by Hung Chong & Co, Shanghai, 1830-1925 the front moulded with a bird perched on a blossoming branch and applied to the centre with a cartouche engraved ‘EAR’, against a hammered stippled ground, the reverse similarly decorated, with hinged cover, 100g, 11cm high R5 000–7 000 210 211 212 212 A Japanese silver bowl, Meiji Period (1868-1912) oval, the hollow hammered bod y moulded in relief with a scaly three-clawed dragon amongst trailing clouds, 580g, 21,7cm long R7 000–9 000 211 A Chinese Export silver bowl, retailed by Wang Hing & Co, Hong Kong, circa 1913 moulded in relief with a scaly four-clawed dragon, to a spreading low foot engraved ‘K.B.G.C. Bowls Championship 1913’, 12cm diameter, 225g R4 000–6 000 KBGC refers to the Kowloon Bowling Green Club which is still in existence in Hong Kong. 81