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Tea caddy and cover
Chinese for export
mid-18th century
Object Place: Chinese Export for Holland
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamel and gold
Dimensions
Height x width: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Hope Norman Gardner in memory of her mother Louisa Palfrey Norman
Accession Number1978.575a-b
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionMade for the Dutch market, decorated on one side with the arms of the city of Amsterdam, and a Chinese junk on the other. Scroll decoration at base is partly broken. (set with 1978.573, .574, 576-614)
ProvenanceUntil 1978, Hope Norman Gardner, New York; 1978, bequest of Hope Norman Gardner to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 1978)