A gilt and lacquered copper alloy tea caddyQing dynasty
The container molded into six lobes that taper gradually inward toward the flat base from a waisted neck, three iof the lobes molded with birds, figures and flowering branches in shaped reserves on a delicately pounced ground framed with black lacquer, the three alternating panels of figures in relief colored in red and black lacquer surrounded by a gilt ground, the raised flower relief on the domed cover also set against a delicately pounced ground.
5 3/4in (14.4cm) high (2).