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Teapot

1978-1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot and cover, red stoneware, with an overall chocolate brown glaze, with a double band of cream glaze round the cover, and round the body a single cream band through which is incised a sketchy peony scroll to reveal the brown glaze beneath, in sgraffiato style. Stamped mark on base.


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Teapot
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, red, with brown and cream glazes.
Brief description
Teapot and cover, red stoneware with brown and cream glazes, Rongchang, Sichuan, China, ca. 1980
Physical description
Teapot and cover, red stoneware, with an overall chocolate brown glaze, with a double band of cream glaze round the cover, and round the body a single cream band through which is incised a sketchy peony scroll to reveal the brown glaze beneath, in sgraffiato style. Stamped mark on base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 四川榮昌 (Stamped mark on base)
    Transliteration
    Sichuan Rongchang
  • Made in China (Stamped mark on base)
Credit line
Given by Rose Kerr
Object history
Bought in Chengdu September 1980.
Production
Rongchang, Sichuan Province, CHINA
Collection
Accession number
FE.56&A-1980

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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