Teapot
1984 (made)
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This teapot is a contemporary piece of ceramic ware produced in Yixing, in China's Jiangsu Province. The Yixing kilns have been known for their teapots since the 16th century.
The local clays have a high sand content and can be cream, red or warm brown. The teapots are not usually glazed, but burnished and fired, and unlike the majority of Chinese crafts, they can be signed by the potters. This example has the mark of Jiang Rong, a famous woman potter now honoured in China as a National Craft Master.
The local clays have a high sand content and can be cream, red or warm brown. The teapots are not usually glazed, but burnished and fired, and unlike the majority of Chinese crafts, they can be signed by the potters. This example has the mark of Jiang Rong, a famous woman potter now honoured in China as a National Craft Master.
Object details
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Stoneware, clays of various colours, painted |
Brief description | Teapot, in form of water chestnut, Jiang Rong, Yixing, China, 1984 |
Physical description | Decoration: Water chestnut in form Box: Padded box. Booklet 'A million pairs of hands' in register with FE.60&A-1984 gives biography of maker |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Jiang Rong' (seal mark) on base |
Gallery label | Teapot in form of water chestnut
Made by Jiang Rong
About 1984
Yixing kilns, south China
Unglazed stoneware
Museum no. FE.31-1984(2007) |
Object history | Bought in Hong Kong by Rose Kerr, AK/ in course of trip to China to acquire 20th c. material in 1984 |
Production | Artist: Jiang Rong (1919-2008) Biographical reference: A top craftswoman at Yixing. See booklet 'A million pairs of hands: the arts of Yi-xing', published by vendors. Her uncle is said in the 1930s to have made copies of nut teapots etc. of potters like Chen Mingyuan more skilfully made than the originals Yixing, Jiangsu province, CHINA |
Summary | This teapot is a contemporary piece of ceramic ware produced in Yixing, in China's Jiangsu Province. The Yixing kilns have been known for their teapots since the 16th century. The local clays have a high sand content and can be cream, red or warm brown. The teapots are not usually glazed, but burnished and fired, and unlike the majority of Chinese crafts, they can be signed by the potters. This example has the mark of Jiang Rong, a famous woman potter now honoured in China as a National Craft Master. |
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Bibliographic reference | Rose Kerr, 'Contemporary Chinese Crafts', 'V&A Album 4' (1985), p.322, fig.6: Frances Wood & Rose Kerr, 'Chinese collections', 'Crafts',77 (Nov/Dec, 1985), p.37
K.S Lo, 'The stonewares of Yixing', (Sotheby's/Hong Kong UP, 1986), pp.178, 224,227, pls.LII, 146 |
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Accession number | FE.31&A-1984 |
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Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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