Teapot
1620-1720 (made)
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Teapot and cover of brown stoneware, covered with a crackled glaze over a white slip. The body is in the form of a persimmon, the stalk of which forms the handle of the cover. The curved four-sided spout springs from a monster's jaw, and the loop handle is in the form of a conventional dragon.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, glazed over a white slip |
| Brief description | Dehua ware. Teapot and cover, brown stoneware covered with a crackled glaze over a white slip, China (Dehua), late Ming or early Qing dynasty, 1620-1720 |
| Physical description | Teapot and cover of brown stoneware, covered with a crackled glaze over a white slip. The body is in the form of a persimmon, the stalk of which forms the handle of the cover. The curved four-sided spout springs from a monster's jaw, and the loop handle is in the form of a conventional dragon. |
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| Object history | The vendor is a missionary in an Amercian mission in China and obtained this teapot at the village of Foi-tsai near Swatow together with the other specimens already obtained from him: C.185, 186, 230-1912 and C.9-1913. |
| Production | from label |
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| Accession number | C.15&A-1913 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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