Lee Ching marks, 19th century|The bracelet, brooch and earrings made of gold filigree birds and flowers with hornbill roundels carved in relief depicting scenes of figures in gardens and pavilions, the ivory box carved with flowers and figures and with the monogram 'MV'. The bracelet: 18cm (7 2/8in) long; the brooch 5cm (2in) wide; the earrings 5.2cm (2in) long; the box 22cm (8 5/8in) long (5).|十九世紀 利昇款金花絲嵌犀鳥骨手鐲及耳環 附象牙盒Provenance: a European private collection來源： 歐洲私人收藏A very similar but smaller carved ivory box with similar gold and hornbill jewellery is in the Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore (ac no.2011-00685), where it is noted that they were made by Lee Ching (利昇), a jewellery firm operating in Guangzhou and Hong Kong from the 1840s to the 1880s. Compare also a related gold filigree brooch and earrings inset with ivory plaques, within an ivory box, illustrated in Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, London, 1984, no.267.