Trumpeter's Service
Teapot
ca. 1740 (made)
ca. 1740 (made)
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Teapot of globular form with 'C'-shaped handle and straight, narrow spout; and low domed lid with pointed knob. Painted on either side with two Middle Eastern musicians standing on a grassy ground, one wearing a yellow tunic and blowing a horn, the other in green with a trumpet, with borders of cresting above and below in gold, all these designs being reserved on a deep black ground which covers the rest of the vessel, except for similar gilt borders and scattered lozenge motifs on the lid.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Title | Trumpeter's Service (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt |
Brief description | Teapot and lid with decoration depicting Middle Eastern musician, this design is known as the 'Trumpeter's Service' and may possibly have been by the Dutch designer Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759); porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt; China (Jingdezhen), Qing dynasty, ca. 1740 |
Physical description | Teapot of globular form with 'C'-shaped handle and straight, narrow spout; and low domed lid with pointed knob. Painted on either side with two Middle Eastern musicians standing on a grassy ground, one wearing a yellow tunic and blowing a horn, the other in green with a trumpet, with borders of cresting above and below in gold, all these designs being reserved on a deep black ground which covers the rest of the vessel, except for similar gilt borders and scattered lozenge motifs on the lid. |
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Credit line | Basil Ionides Bequest |
Object history | 19 further pieces from this tea-service were in the Ionides sale, Sotheby 2nd July 1963, Lot 145; for others see C.49-1951, C.1437 to 1439-1910. |
Production | The design may possibly have been by the Dutch designer Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759) |
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Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.60, pl.78
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Accession number | C.88&A-1963 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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