Teapot
ca. 1900-1920 (made)
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Teapot and lid, of buff-white stoneware with clear, crackled glaze. Decorated on one side with a hat with long cords, and on the other with stylised leaves of the wild ginger plant (Aio) associated with the Tokugawa family. On the lid is a riding crop with long tasselled cords running down on to the teapot. Scroll motif in gilding on handle. The knob is gilded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneare with clear crackled glaze, painted in overglaze enamels and gilding |
| Brief description | Teapot and lid, stoneware with clear crackled glaze, painted in overglaze enamels and gilding; made by Ito Tozan, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1900-20 |
| Physical description | Teapot and lid, of buff-white stoneware with clear, crackled glaze. Decorated on one side with a hat with long cords, and on the other with stylised leaves of the wild ginger plant (Aio) associated with the Tokugawa family. On the lid is a riding crop with long tasselled cords running down on to the teapot. Scroll motif in gilding on handle. The knob is gilded. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Tozan sei' (Maker's signature in red enamel beneath the lid) |
| Gallery label | Teapot and lid
Stoneware with design of a hat, riding crop and aio (wild ginger) leaves
JAPANESE (Kyoto, signed Tozan); c.1900-20
Given by Mr and Mrs David King
FE.41 &A-1982(as at 2005) |
| Credit line | Given by David and Annela King |
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| Accession number | FE.41&A-1982 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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