Stunning C. 1800 Very Fine Chinese Export (Canton) Lacquered Tea Caddy vintage woodblock it would once have held

it would once have held a glass bottle inside

super bright and saturated color

I'm pretty certain this gang of seven was once part of a larger animal fleet produced by R

It is hard to imagine a time when people learned how to make calligraphic drawings like this as a matter of course

Stunning C. 1800 Very Fine Chinese Export (Canton) Lacquered Tea Caddy vintage woodblock it would once have heldIts not too often that I buy a piece of Asian lacquerware, but this early 19th c. hand painted Chinese export tea caddy struck me as so fine and so lovely that I could not resist. And, since finding it, I found a very very similar one listed sold on 1st Dibs for $6000, albeit containing its original pewter canisters inside. The exterior is decorated overall in black lacquer with fantastic finely hand painted gilt floriate pattern all over plus tiny