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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER TEA-CADDY
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with cartouches depicting Chinese landscapes and figures in interiors, with borders of scrolling foliage, the concave-sided canted rectangular hinged top enclosing two engraved pewter tea-canisters, on gilt dragon's-head feet
6 in. (15 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with cartouches depicting Chinese landscapes and figures in interiors, with borders of scrolling foliage, the concave-sided canted rectangular hinged top enclosing two engraved pewter tea-canisters, on gilt dragon's-head feet
6 in. (15 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 27 November 1984, lot 41 or 78.
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