Up for sale, beautiful authentic 19th century Chinese export porcelain cylindrical lidded box or tea caddy featuring the high collectible Rose medallion pattern , this piece dates to the late QING Dynasty, 1860 to 1880 authentic marks and characteristics are the blank base blaze bottom , unmark bottoms are correct for authentic export pieces of this era hand scratched X visible in the raw clay in the interior base this historical assembly mark was used by craftsman to match corresponding lids to their bases before firing. There is a copper spot KILN flaw includes a small. Accurate green copper spot blemish near the interior rim this minor manufacturing only occurred when tiny mineral impurities oxidized inside the 19th century Wood fire kilns acting as a badge of antique, authenticity this piece also has Iron red slip edges is what they call it along the inner lip of the cylinder and the matching lid edge. This is hand applied color boundary, and it’s a classic manufacturing artifact from the Cantonese painting, workshops, guaranteeing that the lid matches the cylinder often called the twin.  Fingerprint the red smear proves the lid in the base were fired together in the same kiln load basically it’s Iron oxide paint. size 3 1/2 “ wide by ( little under ) 2 1/2 “tall

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