Pavel Ovchinnikov tea caddy with Chinoiseries, Moscow, 1881

Silver, enamel, gilding

4 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (10.5 x 11.4 x 16.3 cm) 

Inv. no. ab_0220

This large tea caddy is enameled in champlevé and en plein with decorated with painted enamel scenes of Chinese dignitaries and their attendants or processions. On the sides are scenes of four servants carrying a palanquin with shrines accompanied by men with banners.