Chinese porcelain bottle with dragons & animal on lid. Mark translation help please.

I got this at the same time as the plates I have posted, but at least this is marked on the bottom.

I need some help with the translation of the Chinese characters on the bottom & was wondering about the animal on the lid. What type of bottle was this & the age of the bottle? Is there a reason the dragons are different on the front & back? It is 6 7/8" to the top of the handle on the lid, 4 3/4" across & 2 1/4" front to back.

It does have some damage & I included a photo of one of the cips to show the color of the porcelain.



Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!!

 

Any comments on this bottle? I have had 81 views but no comments. If it is a new off the boat piece of junk please let me know so I can describe it accurately when I list it this weekend.

@Mat @Phaik Hooi or anyone else who would be able to help me out.

 

Have you tried searching on http://gotheborg.com ? It might have some age but don't see it being a high dollar item. Plus those chips/Knicks hurt it too

 

I'd pass it by on a thrift store shelf................sorry...

 

I did try looking on Gotheborg, but if there was a match to this mark I did not find it.

It is looking like this is one of those list it at the bare minimum & let the chips fall where they may. Hopefully the plates will do well enough I won't care if this piece ends up with 1 bare minimum bid.

 

@bercrystal
sorry i really can't read any chinese
but i know that the middle 2 characters mean company and the left 2 characters mean product (from scanning gotheborg). the right 2 would be the name of the company that made it. CHINA would mean export 20th century, right? is it a chinese wine bottle?

PS good luck with the listing!

 

https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/PAIR-OF-CHINESE-EXPORT-TEA-CADDIES-Famille-Rose_C2E431DBFA
they call it a tea caddy? similar style and i think the mark is the same too? but they did not state the name of the company

another similar. again no translation
https://www.ebay.com/itm/PAIR-Fine-...013503?hash=item1cc929553f:g:k1sAAOSwFe5X1cfc

 

@Phaik Hooi

Thank you for the additional information.

I really don't have much invested so hopefully I will be okay.

 

i think you're right phaik hooi it's company's name,the first word i can't read it,it's traditional one.so the mark said X Cha Gong He Chu Pin,this could be company name who produced this.i think tea caddy will be right about this item

 

@Silver Wolf - Thank you for the additional information.

 

This is a tea can of Republic Period of China (1911- 1949). The bottom stamp "Hua Cha Gong Si Chu Pin" means Product of Chinese Tea Company.

 

@lpan9 - Thank you so much for the additional information!!