Caption

Teapot with a lid, Chinese porcelain teapot decorated with overglaze enamels and iron red; Qing dynasty, Tongzhi period 1862–1874. Subject: gardens and genre scenes. Material: colored porcelain; fragment. Function: vessel teapot. Dimensions: height 10 cm, width 15.2 cm, depth 10.7 cm; weight 0.3 kg., A white porcelain lidded cup with a rounded shape and a single handle sits centered against a gray background, the lid topped with a small white sculpted finial; the cup has painted scenes in turquoise, pink, green, and red hues and small floral or leaf motifs, with a thin gold rim near the top; the bottom of the cup and its painted figures are softly reflected on the shiny surface beneath, and the overall visible colors include white, gray, turquoise, pink, green, red, and gold.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_065

License type

Rights managed

Available size

89.5Mb (715.8Kb) / 20.0in x 17.4in / 6000 x 5213 (300dpi)

Keywords

Teapot lid Chinese porcelain teapot decorated overglaze enamels iron red Qing dynasty Tongzhi period 1862–1874 Subject gardens genre scenes Material colored porcelain fragment Function vessel teapot Dimensions height 10 cm width 15.2 cm depth 10.7 cm weight 0.3 kg white porcelain lidded cup rounded shape single handle sits centered gray background lid topped small white sculpted finial painted scenes turquoise pink green red hues small floral leaf motifs thin gold rim near top bottom painted figures softly reflected shiny surface beneath visible colors include white gray red gold.