MTP 4a,b (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4817
Description:
Enamel teapot with lid. Lemon yellow enamel. Plain rounded form. Domed lid with knob. Acquisition data: Panjiayuan, Beijing, June 10, 2007, with Kate Swatek and David Sensabaugh. 100 RMB
Donor:
Alfreda Murck
Collection place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Verbatim coll. place:
Panjiayuan Market, Beijing, China
Production place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Alfreda Murck
Collection date:
June 10, 2007
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Teapots (pots) and Teapots (serving vessels)
Production date:
late 1950s-early 1960s
Accession date:
August 25, 2020
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Inscription: Pictorial seal on foot with water spilling from a reservoir flanked by tall electrical pylons, all in an oval circle. Surrounding the oval is the inscription in both Chinese and English: “水庫牌RESERVOIR. 中國製造 MADE IN CHINA 307P-101 14CM.” (shuiku pai RESERVOIR Zhongguo zhizao MADE IN CHINA 307P-101 14CM.) Condition: OK. Lid badly chipped on edges and knob.