Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Fine Wine
Live Virtual Auction, 8 - 11 November 2020
Jewellery and Oriental Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
About this Item
A Chinese blue and white tea caddy, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795
the lobed baluster body painted with magnolias, peonies and foliage enclosing a stylised pagoda, the base applied with open scroll work, the shoulder with later 19th century Dutch silver collar and rim, with later mushroom-shaped silver cover, post 1953, .835 sterling, minor dents, some loss, 13cm high
Provenance
Purchased from Kunstveilingen Mak van Waay, N.V., Amsterdam, the Mrs H.C.A.M. Guttig-Hannik collection, 24-26 October 1969, lot 966.