tea pot w/ cover encased in 7-Up can strips; broken and in process of being repaired; (a) porcelain teapot, purple glaze, 2 floral designs on white ground; marked on underside "EAGLE YAMAKOSHI MADE IN JAPAN"; many broken pieces inside; h. at spout 9 cm.; (b) cover, purple glazed ceramic; partial repair w/ 2 rivets; diam. 5.1 cm.
Donor:
Herbert Wehrly Estate
Collection place:
Middle East
Verbatim coll. place:
Middle East unsp.
Collector:
Herbert Wehrly
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Teapots (pots) and Teapots (serving vessels)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1978
Context of use:
Purchased by collector to show native repair.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
at spout— height 9 centimeters and cover— diameter 5.1 centimeters