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Teapot and lid

Teapot and lid

  • Place of origin:

    Jingdezhen, China (made)

  • Date:

    1690-1700 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

  • Credit Line:

    Salting Bequest

  • Museum number:

    C.585&A-1910

  • Gallery location:

    World Ceramics, room 145, case 6, shelf 3

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This small teapot, may have been more of a toy than a functioning teapot. Wealthy European women, especially in the Netherlands, furnished doll's houses with miniature versions of their own furnishings. The body is glazed or made of huashi porcelain (known as Chinese 'soft-paste'). This extremely refined material was preferred for small wares requiring very finely painted decoration.

Physical description

Porcelain teapot and lid, squat pear-shaped with curved spout and loop handle; slightly domed lid surmounted with a round knob. Painted in underglaze blue with two ladies, repeated, two hares, two flowers and two auspicious emblems. On the lid with three emblems.

Place of Origin

Jingdezhen, China (made)

Date

1690-1700 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain painted in underglaze blue

Marks and inscriptions

'Chenghua nian zhi' in underglaze blue on base Made in the Chenghua period

Dimensions

Height: 6.7 cm, Diameter: 7.6 cm

Descriptive line

Teapot and lid, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

Labels and date

Chinese teapot with elegant women
China, Jingdezhen, 1690-1700
Chinese hua shi porcelain (known as Chinese 'soft-paste') was often preferred for small wares with finely painted details.
C.585-1910. Salting Bequest [2009]

Materials

Porcelain; Cobalt oxide

Techniques

Painted; Glazed; Blue and white

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Women; Emblems; Hares

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics

Collection code

FEC

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