Teapot
late 18th/early 19th century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
Dehua ware (blanc de chine), porcelain with colorless glaze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (height with lid): 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1972.43.28
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Yamanaka, Chicago); sold May 1941 to Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 148, color repro.
Inscriptions
incised in cursive script on the side, a poetic couplet: The tea boils with a pure fragrance, Friends arrive at the gate. -Keque
Wikidata ID
Q62287083