Small wine pot or teapot

1662–1722
Not on view
This small, squat, pear-shaped pot has an eared handle and a curved spout. A design of flowers and rocks is painted on either side. The quality of the blue is unusually good for wares of this type; indeed, it approximates the blue seen in mid-sixteenth-century Chinese porcelains. The character yu (jade) is written in underglaze blue, with no encircling element, on the base. The chipped spout has been repaired.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Small wine pot or teapot
  • Artist: Chinese , Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period
  • Date: 1662–1722
  • Culture: Chinese
  • Medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue.
  • Dimensions: Height: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1713
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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