**NEW Chinese? Export? Silver box with Dragon Dancer relief on it**

[klingsheim]

Hello all!

I recently bought this box at an antique show, not recognizing the marks but (hopefully) recognizing it as silver.

I think it is Chinese Export silver because of the 99 - and this website http://chinese-export-silver.com/unders ... ers-marks/ - references marks of this kind as still being silver. Maybe being 990 or 999 in purity (the box is extremely soft and does acid test for silver).

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Here are the photos of the box. It weighs 149 grams and is 4 inches across and 1.25 inches tall with the lid on.

I would appreciate any information on a confirmed origin as well as any information on K. Seng as I cannot find anything.

Sincerest Thanks & Warm Regards,
Klingsheim

[Gorgoni]

Cambodian perhaps?

[klingsheim]

Hello,
Are you referencing the worth-point article stating that his other work (the elephant) is from Cambodia? Or is the specific mark T99 a Cambodian standard mark? I can't find anything else in reference to him.

Thanks for bouncing ideas around.
Klingsheim

[Gorgoni]

The name Seng itself actually: Check out this post:
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/seng/43/

[dragonflywink]

Typical Cambodian form and decoration (showing the monkey-god Hanuman), similar pieces can be found new - the 'T' mark is also typical on fairly recent Cambodian pieces, silver content can be varied, if silver at all...

~Cheryl

[klingsheim]

Thank you all for the information! You input and knowledge is very appreciated.
I really like the form of the box, silver or not (I think it is because of testing).

Warm Regards,
Klingsheim