Bidspirit auction | Pair Chinese Export Imari Tea

Pair Chinese Export Imari Tea Caddies - Pair of Chinese export Imari porcelain tea caddies with covers, Kangxi ca. 1725. Each of hexagonal form painted with landscapes. The covers with a band of stiff-leaf tips. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, ” 22 January 2002, Lot 180; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Each) height: 5 in x width: 4 1/4 in x depth: 2 3/4 in. Condition: One lid has been heavily restored. The other lid with a restored chip to the edge. One tea caddy with a crack, likely caused by a firing flaw, to the upper rim. Both caddies with large areas of restoration to the shoulders: one with two and the other with one. These areas glow faintly under UV light. Both with small losses to the paint layer and small chips to the edges, especially the shoulders. One caddy with a large chip to the footrim. Light wear to the footrims of both.