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Coffee-pot and lid
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Coffee-pot and lid
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (made)
- Date:
1662-1722 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Moulded porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by W. H. Cope, Esq.
- Museum number:
634&A-1903
- Gallery location:
On Display
Physical description
Coffee-pot and lid, of porcelain, one of a pair, painted in overglaze polychrome enamels. The coffee-pot is supported by a female lion with a smaller lion at its feet, the lion having moveable ears. On each side is a panel painted with a mythical beast (qilin). The body of the coffee-pot is six-sided and decorated with panels and floral sprays on a black ground. The spout springs from a monster's head and the lid has a knob in the form of a lion. The whole rests on a pedestal moulded in the form of a table covered with a cloth.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (made)
Date
1662-1722 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Moulded porcelain with overglaze enamel painting
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm, Width: 10.5 cm
Descriptive line
Coffee-pot and lid, porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Production Note
from label
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Glazed; Moulded
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Lion; Table; Qilin
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
EAS
