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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Teapot

1745-1748 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Globular in shape with a body, foot and neck of octagonal section. Octagonal curved spout and handle with a thumb-piece and scrolled lower terminal. Painted with Buddhist symbols on the body, and scrolls painted on the handle and spout.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue
Brief description
Teapot of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, Limehouse Porcelain Factory, Limehouse, 1745-1748.
Physical description
Teapot of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Globular in shape with a body, foot and neck of octagonal section. Octagonal curved spout and handle with a thumb-piece and scrolled lower terminal. Painted with Buddhist symbols on the body, and scrolls painted on the handle and spout.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.5cm
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.67-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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