A group of four Chinese export porcelain tea caddies 18th century
Comprising: one depicting bulls fighting; another, with associated cover, depicting ships in a Chinese port; the third, with later metal cover, depicting a building flying a variant of a British flag; the fourth, floral decorated, of lobed section with cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion. (4).
Provenance: The fourth with lable for Collection Aalderink, Amsterdam
Estate of a Washington, D.C. collector (all)
Comprising: one depicting bulls fighting; another, with associated cover, depicting ships in a Chinese port; the third, with later metal cover, depicting a building flying a variant of a British flag; the fourth, floral decorated, of lobed section with cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion. (4).
H: 5 1/2 in. (tallest).
Provenance: The fourth with lable for Collection Aalderink, Amsterdam
Estate of a Washington, D.C. collector (all)
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Comprising: one depicting bulls fighting; another, with associated cover, depicting ships in a Chinese port; the third, with later metal cover, depicting a building flying a variant of a British flag; the fourth, floral decorated, of lobed section with cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion. (4).
Provenance: The fourth with lable for Collection Aalderink, Amsterdam
Estate of a Washington, D.C. collector (all)
Comprising: one depicting bulls fighting; another, with associated cover, depicting ships in a Chinese port; the third, with later metal cover, depicting a building flying a variant of a British flag; the fourth, floral decorated, of lobed section with cover surmounted by a Buddhist lion. (4).
H: 5 1/2 in. (tallest).
Provenance: The fourth with lable for Collection Aalderink, Amsterdam
Estate of a Washington, D.C. collector (all)
