LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY TEA CADDY
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Carved overall in relief with foliate designs and landscape scenes, the red velvet-lined interior with twin glass caddies
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high; 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A related, slightly smaller, ivory box, of similar shape but with no interior caddies, was in the exhibition A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, Three Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the Decorative Arts, the catalogue by David S. Howard, Sotheby's, London, January 1997, no. 252, p. 192. Another similar tea caddy sold Christie's, London, 10 May 2006, lot 164.

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