A Chinese Yixing ovoid tea caddy 18th/19th century

£200 - £300 £350

A Chinese Yixing ovoid tea caddy 18th/19th century, enamelled with roundels containing flower blossoms and watery pagoda scenes on white and blue grounds respectively, one with a signature which reads yu chuan yuan, 9.5cm.

Cf. B Liang, Yixing Purple Clay Ware, no.137 for a similar example from the collection of the Nanjing Museum.