Tea caddy

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

1745–50 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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.

Artist

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

Date

1745–50

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

British, Chelsea

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964