A fine Chinese export armorial 'Grice/Harper' tea caddy, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period
清雍正 粉彩描金花卉紋章圖茶蓋罐

The exquisitely enamelled tea caddy and cover decorated with the arms of Grice/Harper, the body decorated throughout in grisaille and iron-red with stylised peony medallions and bands of gilt-scrolls

(Quantity:2)

Dimensions: 10cm high

The Hodroff Collection, sold at Christie's, New York, 2008, The Hodroff Collection, Part II Chinese Export Porcelain From The Collection Of Leo & Doris Hodroff, lot 337;

Santos, London; and illustrated in A. Varela Santos, '100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain', 2014/2015, cat. 115 as Harper

來源：

紐約佳士得，2008 年，霍德羅夫珍藏，第二部分《來自利奧與多麗絲·霍德羅夫珍藏的中國外銷瓷器》，拍品編號 337；

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著錄於 A. Varela Santos，《100 Years of Chinese Export Porcelain》，2014/2015 年，圖錄編號 115，標註為 Harper

Literature:

D.S. Howard. Chinese Armorial Porcelain, 944 as Harper;

D.S. Howard. The Choice of the Private Trader, Minneapolis 1994, p. 163, cat. 179 where the arms are attributed to the family GRICE after being found pieces with the full arms.

關於本器物之紋章可參考D.S. Howard著： 《中國紋章瓷》，編號 944。在早期研究中，該紋飾曾被標記為「Harper」家族之紋章；《私商之選：霍德羅夫藏中國外銷瓷》，明尼阿波利斯，1994年，頁 163，目錄編號 179。