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Day 2: American, Southern & European Decorative Arts

Sat, Jan 28, 2017 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 30, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 281

Eleven Chinese Export Tea Articles

Estimate: $600 - $900

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late 18th/early 19th century, some with armorials, drum teapot with disk cover [tiny chip on rim of pot]; small lighthouse teapot with dome cover [crack, chips on cover]; pear-shaped cream jug [lacking cover]; two cups and saucers with different armorials; three Chinese tea caddies; one Samson (French) tea caddy in the style of export ware with an armorial, heights 2 in. to 6 in.,. Condition: good condition except as noted, some wear to gilding throughout group, various anomalies as made. Provenance: one cup/saucer, Mildred & Rafi Mottahedeh Collection, Sotheby's, 2000; cream jug and lighthouse teapot, Eugenia Slaughter Estate; Private Savannah, Georgia Collection

Condition

good condition except as noted, some wear to gilding throughout group, various anomalies as made

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