Auction 83 · Lot 146
Suite of ten Chinese silver-gilt liquor beakers.
- Estimate
- $2,000–$3,000
- Hammer price
- $8,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(EINSTEIN, ALBERT
Description
Each engraved with bamboo shoots and monogrammed “A/E/E” (Albert / Elsa / Einstein).
summary
Accompanied by his wife Elsa, Albert Einstein traveled to China in November 1922. It was while in Shanghai that Einstein received, on 13th November, a telegram from Oslo notifying him that he was to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.
It is possible that this suite of Chinese-export silver cups was presented to Einstein as a congratulatory gift at that time.
Provenance: Personal gift from Albert Einstein to the present owner, the consignor.
Verso of each cup with hallmark “Zeewo,” the Shanghai silversmith, active 1870-1930. Height of each cup: 2.2 inches (5.5 cm).
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