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<p>[QUOTE="khl889, post: 68205, member: 104"]You don't see that kind of workmanship on modern fakes. The money isn't in it: genuine Chinese export silver is fairly abundant and doesn't bring particularly high prices since it doesn't attract Chinese buyers.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, the mark is not Heng Li. The mark that appears on all these pieces is 足紋 zu wen, a mark of silver quality. The other mark on the OP's piece is 洪 興. This is read Hong Xing in modern Mandarin transcription, but no doubt the shop at the time had a name with a somewhat different reading. </p><p><br /></p><p>The large character on the piece is the decorative character 囍 , representing Double Happiness.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="khl889, post: 68205, member: 104"]You don't see that kind of workmanship on modern fakes. The money isn't in it: genuine Chinese export silver is fairly abundant and doesn't bring particularly high prices since it doesn't attract Chinese buyers. In any event, the mark is not Heng Li. The mark that appears on all these pieces is 足紋 zu wen, a mark of silver quality. The other mark on the OP's piece is 洪 興. This is read Hong Xing in modern Mandarin transcription, but no doubt the shop at the time had a name with a somewhat different reading. The large character on the piece is the decorative character 囍 , representing Double Happiness.[/QUOTE]
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