Early Qing Dynasty and later|Each potted with clay ranging from reddish-purple to dark brown tones, and decorated with recessed panels of applied designs over impressed diaper grounds, including: a tall, rectangular tea canister and cover decorated with confronting dragons amongst clouds; a finely-detailed hexagonal teapot and cover with dragon and flaming pearl panels and Buddhist Lion finial, metal replacement overhead handle and spout; and a hexagonal wine ewer, warmer and cover, decorated with Buddhist symbols.|The tallest: 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high. (10).|A very similar tea caddy to the one with confronting dragons is in the Rijkmuseum collection, no. AK-NM 6577, illustrated by C.J.A. Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijkmuseum, Amsterdam, Rijkmuseum, Amsterdam and Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1997, p. 250, pl. 288.