A CHINESE EXPORT MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND REVERSE PAINTING-ON-GLASS TEA-CADDY, decorated overall with engraved blind tracery of birds and butterflies among foliage and flowers, the stepped hinged rectangular top centred by an oval medallion of a Chinoiserie figure, enclosing a pink velvet-lined interior with two zinc-lined mahogany compartments with tortoiseshell lid and an associated cut glass bowl, the front and reverse with rectangular panels of Chinoiserie figures and the sides with rectangular panels of landscapes, on ivory ball feet, one side panel cracked, early 19th Century | Christie's

拍品 9

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE (Lots 9-10)

A CHINESE EXPORT MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND REVERSE PAINTING-ON-GLASS TEA-CADDY, decorated overall with engraved blind tracery of birds and butterflies among foliage and flowers, the stepped hinged rectangular top centred by an oval medallion of a Chinoiserie figure, enclosing a pink velvet-lined interior with two zinc-lined mahogany compartments with tortoiseshell lid and an associated cut glass bowl, the front and reverse with rectangular panels of Chinoiserie figures and the sides with rectangular panels of landscapes, on ivory ball feet, one side panel cracked, early 19th Century

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A CHINESE EXPORT MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND REVERSE PAINTING-ON-GLASS TEA-CADDY, decorated overall with engraved blind tracery of birds and butterflies among foliage and flowers, the stepped hinged rectangular top centred by an oval medallion of a Chinoiserie figure, enclosing a pink velvet-lined interior with two zinc-lined mahogany compartments with tortoiseshell lid and an associated cut glass bowl, the front and reverse with rectangular panels of Chinoiserie figures and the sides with rectangular panels of landscapes, on ivory ball feet, one side panel cracked, early 19th Century
10in. (25.5cm.) wide; 6¼in. (16cm.) high; 5½in. (14cm.) deep