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Source Description
The tea caddy is decorated with fanciful chinoiserie figures in painted, champlevé enamel. On the sliding lid, a man smokes an opium pipe while playing dice with a pair of companions. Two pseudo-Chinese characters, slightly resembling the Chinese word for tea, are inscribed in blue on the upper corners. An enthroned imperial figure wearing a robe embroidered with phoenixes, as well as two more pseudo-Chinese characters, appear on the caddy's front face. On the reverse, a figure holds a banner inscribed with the Russian surname "Fuchamskiy." Above, appears the word "Chai" (Tea) and below, "Dushistiy" (Aromatic). Each end shows a single figure: one dancing while grasping a bottle and goblet, and the the other playing a mandolin.
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Document identity
localId
82315
label
Tea Caddy
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
82315
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Tea Caddy
description
The tea caddy is decorated with fanciful chinoiserie figures in painted, champlevé enamel. On the sliding lid, a man smokes an opium pipe while playing dice with a pair of companions. Two pseudo-Chinese characters, slightly resembling the Chinese word for tea, are inscribed in blue on the upper corners. An enthroned imperial figure wearing a robe embroidered with phoenixes, as well as two more pseudo-Chinese characters, appear on the caddy's front face. On the reverse, a figure holds a banner inscribed with the Russian surname "Fuchamskiy." Above, appears the word "Chai" (Tea) and below, "Dushistiy" (Aromatic). Each end shows a single figure: one dancing while grasping a bottle and goblet, and the the other playing a mandolin.
provenance
Acquired by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C.; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
date
1873
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
tea caddies (containers)
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.1
height
16.8
depth
11.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 3/8 x W: 6 5/8 x D: 4 5/8 in. (11.1 x 16.8 x 11.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Marks] In Cyrillic: Khlebnikov
VS; [Translation] Viktor Savinkov
Moscow assay master 1855-1888; [Mark] St. George
med
silver gilding, champlevé enamel
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4344
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EAN
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none
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photo
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photo
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