Name/Title
TeapotEntry/Object ID
L2014.1.8Description
Teapot having a lobed, melon-shaped body; straight spout; rolled loop handle; and a lobed, domed cover with a ball-shaped knob painted in underglaze blue with a Chinese landscape containing two figures in a landscape with a pavilion, trees, and distant mountains. The landscape has been highlighted with gilding.
The cover is held in place with a gilded chain connected to bands on the top of the handle and rim of the spout, which also has a hinged cover with a rooster-shaped thumb piece. Such chains and figural thumb pieces are often dated to about 1720 (Suebsman and Antonin, Kangxi (2015), 169).
The gilding was probably done in Europe, and the chain and cover to the spout was certainly added in Europe.
This is one of the earliest Chinese porcelain tea pots known to survive above ground with an North American provenance.Collection
CeramicsMade/Created
Date made
circa 1700 - circa 1720Time Period
18th CenturyPlace
City
JingdezhenLocation
ChinaRegion
East AsiaContinent
AsiaMaterial
Hard Paste Porcelain, Gold
