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A Chinese export black and gold lacquer tea caddy
of lobed hexagonal shape with hinged and domed lid, decorated with cartouche shaped panels of figures and attendants before pagodas and pavilions in formal garden landscapes within borders of scrolling foliage, the feet carved as mythical beasts, the interior fitted with two pewter lidded containers -- 8¼in. (21cm) wide, 19th Century.
of lobed hexagonal shape with hinged and domed lid, decorated with cartouche shaped panels of figures and attendants before pagodas and pavilions in formal garden landscapes within borders of scrolling foliage, the feet carved as mythical beasts, the interior fitted with two pewter lidded containers -- 8¼in. (21cm) wide, 19th Century.