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Tea canister (Tea bottle)
1730-1750
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
1992.0047 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Osborne R. and Mary M. Soverel in memory of Lilian Wilkinson Boschen
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Object Number
1992.0047 A, B
Object Name
Tea canister (Tea bottle)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen; China; Asia
Date
1730-1750
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Enameled
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
4.86 (H) x 2.85 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.35 (H) x 7.25 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Howard, David Sanctuary. 1994 The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated from the Hodroff Collection.
• See Figure 180 (p. 163) for a teapoy with similar scrollwork around the base.Book: Howard, David Sanctuary & Ayers, John. 1978 China for the West.
• See Figure 156 (p. 167),Figure 250 (p. 255), and Figure 281 (p. 283) for teapoys with similar scrollwork around the base.