Fine Chinese Works of Art - 13th November 2018
Lot 61
A SMALL CHINESE WUCAI TEAPOT AND COVER 19TH CENTURY Painted with figures in boats
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £6500
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Description
A SMALL CHINESE WUCAI TEAPOT AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
Painted with figures in boats, carts and pagodas, the handle, spout and cover with stylised lotus flowerheads and foliage, 11.5cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay GCB, KCMG, CVO, PC,1877-1945, and thence by descent. Sir Ronald Lindsay was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was the British Ambassador to Turkey from 1925-26 and to Germany from 1926-28; from 1928-30, he was Permanent Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and from 1930-39 the British Ambassador to the United States of America.