Stunning C. 1800 Very Fine Chinese Export (Canton) Lacquered Tea Caddy citrus reamer but I believe a piece

but I believe a piece of veneered wood must have been laid over the backside

3 7/8" l x 2 7/8" t

Of a great scale at 20 5/8" long x 6 3/4" t

perhaps most of all the way the O and the W stretch the entire height of it

so am calling them a pair

Stunning C. 1800 Very Fine Chinese Export (Canton) Lacquered Tea Caddy citrus reamer but I believe a pieceIts not too often that I buy a piece of Asian lacquerware, but this early 19th c. hand painted Chinese export tea caddy struck me as so fine and so lovely that I could not resist. And, since finding it, I found a very very similar one listed sold on 1st Dibs for $6000, albeit containing its original pewter canisters inside. The exterior is decorated overall in black lacquer with fantastic finely hand painted gilt floriate pattern all over plus tiny