An elaborate six piece tea and coffee set. Around 1900 - image-1

Lot 395 Dα

An elaborate six piece tea and coffee set. Around 1900

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 12.400 € (incl. premium)
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An elaborate six piece tea and coffee set. Around 1900

An elaborate six piece tea and coffee set consisting of tea and coffee pot, a milk jug, a lidded sugar pot with tongs, and a small tray, all decorated in repoussé with a running dragon, the handles in shape of a detailed dragon. The monogram reads M. T. (= Minna Trautmann). Marked Jiujiang and Tu mao xing. Total weight 2987 g. Around 1900. (6)
Height of the coffee pot 21.4 cm

Provenance

Wilhelm Trautmann (1868-1949). He worked for the German haberdasher Wilk & Mielenhausen in Shanghai from 1896 onwards, until he became owner of the firm in 1903. In 1949 his assets were confiscated and he was expelled from China.