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LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
An unusual Chinese export lacquer and parcel giltwood tea caddy
Late 18th or early 19th century
The domed cover decorated with two dragons, the interior with pewter canister, the cover and top incised with the figure of a sage flanked by a stork and a deer within blossoming trees and outer border of stylised foliate ornament
12in. (30.5cm.) high; 12¾in. (32.5cm.) wide; 8½in. (21.5cm.) deep
Late 18th or early 19th century
The domed cover decorated with two dragons, the interior with pewter canister, the cover and top incised with the figure of a sage flanked by a stork and a deer within blossoming trees and outer border of stylised foliate ornament
12in. (30.5cm.) high; 12¾in. (32.5cm.) wide; 8½in. (21.5cm.) deep
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