An East India Company Part Tea-Sevice, Qianlong period (1736-1795)

An East India Company Part Tea-Sevice, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Photo Stockholm Auktionsverk

decorated with a Norwegian East India Company ship, presumably depicted near the Chinese coast, decorated with the flags and the flowers picked out in enamel colour, comprising teapot with stand, tea caddy, three teacups with plates, height of the teapot 15 cm, diameter of the teacups 9 cm, diameter of the plates 14 cm; one teacup with nick, one plate with crack, cover with repair. Estimate SEK 40 000-50 000 (€ 4 850-6 000)

PROVENANCE: Per Toftager Collection
Purchased at Cohen & Cohen, London