A PAIR OF CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' HEXAGONAL TEA-CADDIES AND COVERS
Lot 48

A PAIR OF CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' HEXAGONAL TEA-CADDIES AND COVERS

18TH CENTURY

Closed16 April 2014

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GBP 6,000

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A PAIR OF CANTON ENAMEL 'EUROPEAN-SUBJECT' HEXAGONAL TEA-CADDIES AND COVERS
18TH CENTURY
Each decorated and gilt with European figures and attendants, landscapes, and flowers, all reserved on a scrolling floral ground, the bases with a pink flower spray, the covers decorated with a flower head on a yellow ground
4¼ in. ( 10.8 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's Amsterdam, 10 October 1989, lot 97, where purchased by J. J.. van Groeningen, on behalf of the present owner.