Caption

Teapot with a peach-shaped lid, peaches iconography, Chinese ceramics, flowers, trees, twigs, Yixing style. Handle and spout shaped like tree branches with flowering branches growing around the vessel. Red stoneware, 18th century, China. Vessel; height 11.8 cm, width 17.5 cm., A round, reddish-brown ceramic pot with a lid sits against a pale gray background, showing a smooth, slightly glossy surface and a few darker patina spots; the lid has a sculpted handle resembling a twisted organic form and the body features raised vine-like decorative elements and small flower-like motifs in slightly darker brown, with a thick, branch-like handle extending from the top toward the midsection and an uneven, hand-formed rim; the pot rests on a reflective surface that casts a soft mirrored hint of its rounded base.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_326

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Teapot peach-shaped lid peaches iconography Chinese ceramics flowers trees twigs Yixing style Handle spout shaped tree branches flowering branches growing vessel Red stoneware 18th century China Vessel height 11.8 cm width 17.5 cm round reddish-brown ceramic pot lid sits pale gray background showing smooth slightly glossy surface darker patina spots lid sculpted handle resembling twisted organic form body features raised vine- decorative elements small flower- motifs slightly brown thick branch- handle extending top midsection uneven hand-formed rim pot rests reflective surface casts soft mirrored hint rounded base.