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A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE TEA CADDY AND A COVER
TEA CADDY: JAPANESE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
COVER: CHINESE, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The tea caddy is decorated with with four cranes in flight against a diaper ground below a floral border. The cover is with floral sprays and beneath the bud-form finial.
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Provenance:
Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.
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