§ A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER THREE-PIECE TEA SERVICE retailed by Tack Hing & Co, artisan mark of Xiong, Hong Kong, c.1930, comprising a teapot, two-handled sugar bowl and a cream jug, each of shaped oval form, decorated with alternating panels of spot-hammering and dragons, raised on four shell-capped feet. (3) Teapot 27.5cm wide, 34.3 troy ounces gross With non-transferable standard ivory exemption declaration number WQY7GX8C

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