Covered bowl with handles in 18k (750) yellow gold. China, early 20th century The lid surmounted by a Fô dog, the body decorated with two escutcheons, one engraved in Sinic script, the other engraved "Offered by the King-Yong Free School to their patron Monsieur G. Xavier Deputy Chief of the Changhai Guard on October 20, 1927". The handles are scrolled. It stands on a fine pedestal. Owl hallmark. Height Height : 22 cm Weight : 303.27 g. One part of the chien de Fô detached. Cut and scratched under the base. Provenance: Officer stationed in Shanghai in the 1920s. Then private collection in Charente-Maritime, by descent. Note: Cup tested by coupellation by the Service commun des laboratoires DGCCRF - DGDDI. Results: 879.5 thousandths gold. The test report and the tested fragments will be given to the purchaser. ATTENTION: Bids and purchase orders on this lot are subject to conditions. In order to bid on this lot, a deposit of 2,000 euros will be required. Please contact our office before Sunday March 3: [email protected] or 02 98 88 08 39. If you have not contacted our office before the lot passes, your bids will not be taken into account. Please note that bids and absentee bids on this lot are subject to conditions. To bid on this lot, a deposit of 2 000 € will be requested. You must contact the auction house at [email protected] or 0033 2 88 08 39. If you did not contact our office before the start of the auction sale. Your bids will not be taken into account.