Teapot

Museum number:
9-12695a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912695a@2cb
Alternate number:
3190a,b (previous number (Design Dept.)) and AB-91ab (previous number (Anson Blake’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
tea pot, w/lid (b): porcelain, w/enamel decor. Bamboo motif: cylindrical pot w/long, straight ribs to resemble bamboo segments. Ear shaped handle, curved spout w/ 'joint' ribs. Lid (b) is disk shape w/ loop finial, and cylinder foot. Recessed foot, wide smooth root rim. Enamel decoration in green, lavender, and white of small flowers, bamboo leaves, and birds in allover pattern on light yellow enamel ground. 'Ribs' marked by light blue enamel. Interior and foot white. H. 10.5 cm. max. L. (handle to spout): 19cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Anita Day Symmes Blake and Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
before 1962
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Teapots (pots) and Teapots (serving vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
tea pot
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Entered by Rachel Marks 5/30/06
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Teapot, accession number 9-12695a,b, described as tea pot, w/lid (b): porcelain, w/enamel decor. Bamboo motif: cylindrical pot w/long, straight ribs to resemble bamboo segments. Ear shaped handle, curved spout w/ 'joint' ribs. Lid (b) is disk shape w/ loop finial, and cylinder foot. Recessed foot, wide smooth root rim. Enamel decoration in green, lavender, and white of small flowers, bamboo leaves, and birds in allover pattern on light yellow enamel ground. 'Ribs' marked by light blue enamel. Interior and foot white. H. 10.5 cm. max. L. (handle to spout): 19cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Teapot, accession number 9-12695a,b, described as tea pot, w/lid (b): porcelain, w/enamel decor. Bamboo motif: cylindrical pot w/long, straight ribs to resemble bamboo segments. Ear shaped handle, curved spout w/ 'joint' ribs. Lid (b) is disk shape w/ loop finial, and cylinder foot. Recessed foot, wide smooth root rim. Enamel decoration in green, lavender, and white of small flowers, bamboo leaves, and birds in allover pattern on light yellow enamel ground. 'Ribs' marked by light blue enamel. Interior and foot white. H. 10.5 cm. max. L. (handle to spout): 19cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Teapot, accession number 9-12695a,b, described as tea pot, w/lid (b): porcelain, w/enamel decor. Bamboo motif: cylindrical pot w/long, straight ribs to resemble bamboo segments. Ear shaped handle, curved spout w/ 'joint' ribs. Lid (b) is disk shape w/ loop finial, and cylinder foot. Recessed foot, wide smooth root rim. Enamel decoration in green, lavender, and white of small flowers, bamboo leaves, and birds in allover pattern on light yellow enamel ground. 'Ribs' marked by light blue enamel. Interior and foot white. H. 10.5 cm. max. L. (handle to spout): 19cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Teapot, accession number 9-12695a,b, described as tea pot, w/lid (b): porcelain, w/enamel decor. Bamboo motif: cylindrical pot w/long, straight ribs to resemble bamboo segments. Ear shaped handle, curved spout w/ 'joint' ribs. Lid (b) is disk shape w/ loop finial, and cylinder foot. Recessed foot, wide smooth root rim. Enamel decoration in green, lavender, and white of small flowers, bamboo leaves, and birds in allover pattern on light yellow enamel ground. 'Ribs' marked by light blue enamel. Interior and foot white. H. 10.5 cm. max. L. (handle to spout): 19cm.

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