Chinese Dragon Solid Silver Tray Platter Canton Qing Marked Wang Fat Late 19th C

🌟 Product Details
🆔 Inventory Code INV3517
Ⓜ️ Material Solid Silver
🏳️ Origin China (Canton / Guangzhou)
🏛️ Period Qing Dynasty – Late 19th Century
🅂 Subject Dragon & cloud scrolls, with pierced Bamboo rim border
🏷️ Marked WANG FAT / 90 (as photographed)

📜 Description
Chinese Export Silver oval tray / platter with twin bamboo-form side handles. The center is finely engraved with a coiled Dragon amid cloud wisps, and the border features an openwork / pierced bamboo-leaf style rim. Raised on small feet; underside bears the WANG FAT mark and purity stamps shown in photos.

Collector’s Notes: Canton workshop and retail firms supplied elegant Chinese Export Silver to both local and international clients during the late Qing period. The Dragon is one of China’s most powerful auspicious symbols—associated with authority, protection, and good fortune—making dragon-adorned serving pieces especially desirable to collectors.

🔍 Condition
GOOD ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4/5) – Overall good antique condition with noticeable surface wear: light scratches, tarnish/oxidation and spotting consistent with age and use. There is bend and missing piece on the border side observed from the photos. Please review the photos carefully for more details.

📐 Sizes
Height Approx. 3.5 cm (1.2 in) (to rim, not including raised feet)
Length Approx. 34.5 cm (13.5 in) overall width including handles
Width 20.0 cm

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