Caption

Teapot with a lid; maker, Chinese; Qing dynasty, Tongzhi period 1862–1874; porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze enamels and iron red; colored porcelain; subject: gardens and genre scenes; function: vessel teapot; height 10 cm, width 15.2 cm, depth 10.7 cm, weight 0.3 kg., A small white ceramic lidded vessel with a short spout is centered against a solid gray background, showing hand-painted scenes of people in traditional dress in colors including pink, green, turquoise, blue, orange, and brown, with small floral or leafy accents in green and red; the lid has a rounded knob with a brown top and a gold rim around the lid edge, and the vessel casts a reflection on the glossy surface beneath it.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_067

License type

Rights managed

Available size

89.5Mb (879.2Kb) / 20.0in x 17.4in / 6000 x 5213 (300dpi)

Keywords

Teapot lid maker Chinese Qing dynasty Tongzhi period 1862–1874 porcelain decoration painted overglaze enamels iron red colored porcelain subject gardens genre scenes function vessel teapot height 10 cm width 15.2 cm depth 10.7 cm weight 0.3 kg small white ceramic lidded vessel short spout centered solid gray background showing hand-painted scenes people traditional dress colors pink green turquoise blue orange brown small floral leafy accents red rounded knob brown top gold rim lid edge vessel casts reflection glossy surface beneath .