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Dear Forum Members,
I'm not sure if this is a tea-caddy Is it Japanese or Chinese?
Thanks for your help !
Marco







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Dear friend Marco

Chinese porcelain tea caddy, likely dating from the late Qing Dynasty The smooth white porcelain base indicates production in Jingdezhen, but could be a good copy. Mainly because the silver or silver-plated lid is a European in manufacture. That's the reason of the doubt...It looks like British, but also arab-persian....and even Japanese with we look closely it has that classic japanese iconography of chrisantemus flower and the bird. But,what if its not a mix multi influencies copy, but a well done hallmarks of export porcelain blending Chinese symbolic language with patterns that appealed to European tastes?

If its that, good for everyone of us. Some might argue that such export wares represent a dilution of authentic Chinese artistic tradition, shaped by external demand rather than internal innovation. Not me, because I could view it as cosmopolitan artifacts of cross-cultural exchange, blending technical mastery with global aesthetics.
A hug,
Renato Araújo :)
Please, confront some specimens:
https://www.abell.com/auction-lot/chinese-porcelain-pillow_76C473CAC0

https://www.tooveys.com/lots/209648/a-chinese-imari-export-porcelain-tea-caddy/

https://www.nealauction.com/auction-lot/six-decorative-chinese-porcelain-tea-caddies_5D34B8A854

Good morning Renato,
thank you for your reply and for the help you give me.
In fact all the tea caddies I have seen have a porcelain cap.
The cap of mine is not marked as silver and has a pattern that does not seem oriental to me.
Thanks again and all the best
Marco

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