Dark Brown Stoneware Teapot with Loop Handle

Ceramic

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The Curio Cabinet Collection

Name/Title

Dark Brown Stoneware Teapot with Loop Handle

Entry/Object ID

TP0104

Description

Chinese dark brown stoneware teapot, probably 20th century, of low rounded form with short angular upswept spout, circular loop handle and fitted domed cover surmounted by a modeled angular finial. The undecorated body has a dark brown smoothed or polished surface with areas of handling wear and uneven sheen. The underside of the vessel and underside of the cover appear unmarked. Maker and precise place of manufacture are unidentified. Although the vessel belongs broadly to the tradition of Chinese unglazed stoneware teapots, presently available evidence is insufficient to attribute it specifically to Yixing or to a particular zisha potter or workshop.

Category

Chinese ceramic teapot

Made/Created

Artist

Maker presently unidentified

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Asia

Culture/Tribe

China, Yixing tradition/type

Inscription/Signature/Marks

No marks

Material

Zisha type stoneware

Color

Dark Brown

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Retained as part of the complete collection inventory but excluded from the curated zisha/Yixing group. The absence of marks alone does not determine attribution; exclusion is based on the combined lack of maker/workshop documentation, uncertain clay/origin, comparatively modest workmanship, and absence of other supporting attribution evidence.