A pair of pear wood tea caddies

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A pair of pear wood tea caddies
of ginger-jar form, the bodies decorated in lacquer with butterfles and insects, the interiors with subsidiary covers, one restored, probably 18th century -- 7in. (17.8cm) high (2)

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 293, see similar example illustrated plate 315 fig.D.

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