An Assembled Chinese Kangxi Blue and White Porcelain Miniature Tea Set

Kangxi period (1662-1722), porcelain hand-painted in underglaze blue, includes a tea caddy (2 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.), a small tea pot (3 1/2 x 4 x 2 3/4 in.), and a silver mounted sugar dish (2 x 2 in. diameter).

From the collection of Alice Sophie Everts (von Groening) (1890-1990) and husband Dirk Everts (1890-1928), and by family descent
Acquired in the 1920s by Dirk Everts while in the service of the Dutch government in Hong Kong. The collection was subsequently brought to the Netherlands, where it remained in the Everts family and survived the years of Nazi occupation. Thence by family descent.

Chip to rim of teapot, fleabites to inner rim of lid; small firing crack to rim of tea caddy; a few nicks to foot rim of sugar basket.