PAIRE DE BOÎTES À THÉ EN PORCELAINE DE LA FAMILLE VERTEÉpoque Kangxi (1662-1722) A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE TEA CADDIES Kangxi (1662-1722) Each of rectangular shape, finely decorated with cartouches depicting Court ladies in garden settings. 12cm (4 5/8in) high. (2). Provenance: Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) pare with a related pair of famille verte tea caddies and covers, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby's Paris, 12 July 2021, lot 110. Tea caddies, known in the late 17th and early 18th century as 'canisters', appear to have been first imported by the English East Indiapanies in the late 1690s, with the quantities significantly increasing by the end of the Kangxi period as demand for tea increased as well as the China trade. 清康熙 五彩庭園仕女圖茶罐 來源： 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏