Meta-Museum – Megillah

Pictured left is a rare late 19th century Chinese Export Silver gilt megillah made by Wang Hing and bearing the Wang Hing mark with a secondary ideogram mark that reads “Rao J”. Rao was actually a Singapore-based silversmith, making this collaboration with Wang Hing all the more unusual. Examples of Chinese silver Judaica are extraordinarily […]

Meta-Museum – Antwerp Cup

An exquisite Chinese Export Silver lidded cup by the renowned Wang Hing & Co Dated circa 1885, the cup stands 42cm high; the diameter of the stand is 40cm; the diameter of the lid 18.1cm. The cup weighs 2179gm [70.06 Troy ounces]. The armorial cartouche remains blank The maker’s mark is pictured below right – […]

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