Object Number 2000.0061.051 A, B

Object Name

Teapot

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Leo A. and Doris C. Hodroff

Creator (Role)

Olfert Dapper (Design inspiration)

Place of Origin

Arita, Japan, Asia

Date

1700-1725

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Teapot, underside; Six Chinese characters, handpainted in underglaze blue
2. Label; Teapot, interior; White, circular paper label with "469/9/10 Nov '88" handwritten in blue ink
3. Label; Teapot, underside; White, rectangular paper label with "TEAPOT + COVER- 10 1/4"/OCTAGONAL- ARITA JAP/BLUE W. LOBED SIDES/2 SHAPED PANELS WITH/SCENES FROM O.DAPPER[?]/EARLY 18TH CENT 1541" handwritten in black and red ink
4. Label; Teapot, underside; Black, rounded rectangular paper label with "32" in white lettering
5. Label; Lid, underside; White, rectangular paper label with "1541 ILLUST + REF./ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM/CAT. NO. 276-/DR. JORG- INTERACTION/IN CERAMICS P. 67[?]" handwritten in black and red ink
6. Label; Lid, underside; White, rectangular paper label with "TEAPOT W/COVER/10 1/4" HT.- LOBED/OCTAGONAL- BLUE +/WHITE- SCROLL FOLIAGE/EARLY 18TH C. 1541" handwritten in black and red ink

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

6.732 (H) , 10.522 (L) , 6.693 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.1 (H) , 26.725 (L) , 17 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

Length measurement is from handle to spout.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fuchs, Ronald W. & Howard, David Sanctuary. 2005 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 208 p.
• Published: pp. 110-11, fig. 63, 1700-1725.
[Book] Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• Published: pp. 144-45, fig. 153, c. 1700.
[Article] Fuchs, Ronald W. 01//2002 Chinese Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. Antiques. 200-205.
• Published: p. 204, pl. 10, with engraved design source (pl. 9) from between pp. 346-347 of Olfert Dapper's 1670 (Amsterdam) book, Gedenkwaerdig bedryf der Nederlandsche Oost-Indische maetschappye...
[Book] Impey, Oliver. 2002 Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
• Same shape and pattern teapot: p. 226, no. 390, noting Dapper, pp. 346 (pagoda side) and p. 289 as design sources, early 18th century.
[Book] Yonan, Michael, et al. 2010 The Cultural Aesthetics of Eighteenth-century Porcelain.
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