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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Europe 1600-1815, Room 7, The Sheikha Amna Bint Mohammed Al Thani Gallery

Teapot

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Round teapot with moulded decoration of squirrels and vine. Metal spout with chain linking spout to lid and to handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Red stoneware with moulded decoration
Brief description
Teapot with moulded decoration, Yixing ware, China, 18th century
Physical description
Round teapot with moulded decoration of squirrels and vine. Metal spout with chain linking spout to lid and to handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.6cm
Style
Gallery label
Teapot 1675-1725 During the 17th century tea was an expensive luxury taken both as a medicine and for refreshment. It was much more widely drunk in the 18th century, when it was fashionable among the wealthy of continental Europe. During this period, all the tea drunk in Europe was Chinese. Chinese teapots like this were admired in Europe, where they were rare imports. China (Yixing) Unglazed red stoneware Mounts: Europe; silver (09.12.2015)
Bibliographic references
  • Rose Kerr, Yixing Wares in the V&A, Orientations Oct 1983.
  • Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.133, pl.189
Collection
Accession number
FE.29-1970

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Record createdAugust 23, 2005
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