£ 140.00 / FOR SALE
Chinese silver wang hing
circa 1880 / 1900
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 don’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.
dimensons approx 2" in diameter x 1 1/2" high (inches)
(This item is stocked in our Oakland shop in Belfast - location map)
For reference SKU code is 17479
