A Chinese silver-mounted blue and white tea caddy and cover, Kangxi

H.: 14 cm

The silver mount of the caddy with a Minerva head mark with most likely letter D (for Rotterdam 1814-1988). The the Minerva head is the Dutch duty mark (on Minerva's helmet is a letter indicating from which of the 17 assay offices it came). 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cover with a faint vertical 1 cm glaze line, visible on the outside only, not in the inside.
- The caddy in very good condition, with a ca. 15 mm tension line on the unglazed foot.