THE XIANFENG EMPEROR’S (1850 - 1861) SILVER ‘HUNTING’... Lot n° 73

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. ONLINE BIDDING IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THIS LOT AND A DEPOSIT WILL BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BID. PLEASE REFER TO OUR ‘IMPORTANT INFORMATION’ FOR FURTHER DETAILS THE XIANFENG EMPEROR’S (1850 - 1861) SILVER ‘HUNTING’ FLASK 咸豐皇帝 御用銀扁壺 A rare and historically important Chinese Imperial silver flask, Qing dynasty, dated to the second year of the Emperor Xianfeng, 1852 篆書刻紋 咸丰二年制 Inspired by Warring States/Han dynasty bronze bianhu, the voluptuous silver wine flask set with detachable cup-like cover, attached to the main body by robust silver chains, set to each side with ring handles, later inscribed in English: ‘The Hunting Flask of the Emperor of China taken from the Summer Palace, Pekin and presented to the London Scottish Volunteers By Colonel the Hon. A. Anson. V. C.’ The reverse inscribed: 1936 A.COY. 1937 B.COY. 1938 D.COY. 其形似仿戰國時期青銅扁壺，前腹刻有英文: ‘北京圓明園 皇帝御用狩獵銀壺, 獻給倫敦蘇格蘭 志願者們 來自安森上校 Anson. V. C.’ All raised on a flared rectangular foot, the Chinese inscription engraved in regular script (kaishu): ‘Xian-feng urh men’ The Second year of the Emperor Xian-feng’ dated 1852 ‘Ten Wen’ ‘pure silver’, later inscribed with the number ‘3’ ’30 liang’ 底部依次刻有:咸豐二年;足紋;重三十兩 Height: 24cm Diameter: 19cm Literature: The London Scottish Regimental Gazette, No.2. Vol. III, February 1898 and June 1906, p.123. Provenance: Colonel, The Hon. Archibald Augustus Anson, MP, VC (1835 - 1877) a gift to the London Scottish Regiment, known as ‘The Anson Cup’. 來源:阿奇波爾得·奧古斯都·安森上校，國會議員 (1835 - 1877) 送給倫敦 蘇格蘭志願團的禮物，又稱為“安森壺 ”。