teapot BM-1964-0404.1

Period:Unknown Production date:1750 (circa; made)
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:painted, glazed, gilded,
Subjects:landscape
Dimensions:Height: 13 centimetres Width: 18 centimetres

Description:
Teapot and cover; porcelain; decorated in enamels and gilding with figures in pastoral landscapes; sometimes known as the Chellis Teapot.
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Comments:For a similar scene see Hanscombe, Stephen, 2010. Jefferyes Hamett O’Neale: China Painter and Illustrator (d.1801), London, no. 85.; and for another partial Chinese porcelain tea service decorated in London at the James Giles atelier, with scenes from the commedia dell’arte attributed to Jefferyes Hamett O’Neale see BM, Asia, Franks. 654.c.