Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export Grisaille & Gilt

Chinese Export Grisaille & Gilt Tea Caddy - Chinese export porcelain tea caddy and cover, Qianlong ca. 1750. Of quatrefoil form, the sides painted in grisaille and gilt with peony blooms. Foo dog form finial. Provenance: Heirloom & Howard Ltd., 27 January 2005; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 5 1/4 in x width: 2 1/2 in x depth: 2 in. Condition: There is a large U-shaped hairline crack that extends from just above one of the feet upwards along both sides of the caddy; one side extends to the center of the caddy and the other nearly to the upper rim. Signs of some restoration or remediation to this crack. Light wear to the footrim. Losses to the gilt throughout. Two small chips to the lid: one along the rim and one to the shoulder. Restored chip to the finial. There may be some regilding to the head of the foo dog knop.