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Object 2010116

Tea caddy

China

1720-1740, over-decorated in the Netherlands 1750-1770

Height 113 mm (4.48 inch), dimensions 90 mm (3.54 inch) x 55 mm (2.17 inch)

Tea caddy of rectangular form with canted corners, a flat shoulder with a short upright neck and cover. The flat base is unglazed. Decorated in underglaze blue around the foot, the shoulder and on the shoulder with a stylised border of folded leaves with reserves filled with a floret between scrolls. around the cover a silk worm pattern border and on top a chrysanthemum flower head. Over-decorated in the Netherlands, Amsterdams Bont c.1750-1770, in iron-red and gold with a chinoiserie of a sitting figure drinking tea and reading a book in a tent near a flowering plant and a running dog. On the sides of the cover half flower heads with leafy branches.

Condition: A large chip to the cover, two firing flaws to the neck and some glaze frits to the edges of the

tea caddy and cover.

Price: Sold.