A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EBONY TEA CADDY INSET WITH CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE PAINTINGS-ON-GLASS

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Lot 302 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EBONY TEA CADDY INSET WITH CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE PAINTINGS-ON-GLASS
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND EBONY TEA CADDY INSET WITH CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE PAINTINGS-ON-GLASS

THE PAINTINGS QING DYNASTY, THE TEA CADDY CIRCA 1770

The handled hinged top ornamented with checker-stringing and a later velvet backing, opening to a divided interior, inset to three sides with reverse paintings on glass of ladies and gentlemen in a landscape, the bottom right corner plaque replaced, lacking tea cannisters, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

6 in. (15 cm.) high, 11 1/2 in. (29 cm.) wide, 6 in. (15 cm.) deep





Provenance

The Marjorie Wiggin Prescott Collection; Christie's, New York, 31 January 1981, lot 75.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 March 1985, lot 51.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

The International Art Market, 3 March 1981, vol. XXI, no.3, p.54.





Exhibited

San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, A Curious Affair, the Fascination Between East and West, 17 June - 3 September 2006.

Fort Mason, San Francisco, The San Francisco Fall Antique Show, 24 - 31 October 2010.





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