Tea caddy, 1745–50, British, Chelsea, Soft-paste porcelain, Overall: 6 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (17.1 × 11.4 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The figure represents the Chinese god of Happiness, Pu T'ai Ho Shang, known from imported Chinese white Fukien porcelain models. The hat forms a cover for the hollow figure, probably a tea caddy.
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Tea caddy, 1745–50, British, Chelsea, Soft-paste porcelain, Overall, 6 3/4, 4 1/2, 17.1, 11.4 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain, figure, represents, Chinese god, Happiness, Pu T'ai, Ho, Shang, imported Chinese, white, Fukien, porcelain, models, hat forms, cover, hollow figure, tea
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