teapot BM-1927-0219.1

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1700-1722
Materials:stoneware, metal, gold,
Technique:gilded, applied,
Subjects:landscape pavilion
Dimensions:Height: 5.60 inches

Description:
Tea-pot (with cover). Decorated on both sides in relief with a scene of figures on a bridge, with a pagoda and blossoming plum tree nearby. Made of red Yixing stoneware; also gilded metal (mounts). Made for export. Knob on the lid is damaged.
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Comments:There is an identical teapot identified as Chinese in Maureen Cassidy-Geiger et al., The Arnhold collection of Meissen porcelain, 1710-50, London: D. Giles, 2008, p.681.A copy made in Germany, at Meissen, 1710-13, is in BEP, 1908,0420.3 The teapot may be European, Regina Khral has suggested.