c. 1740
Tea Caddy
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The unusual decoration on this tea caddy, musicians in Near Eastern costume, may have been created by the Dutch painter and draftsman Cornelis Pronk. The Dutch East India Company - the largest of the European trading companies operating in Asia - hired Pronk in 1734 to provide designs for porcelain produced in China for the European market.
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