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teapot
Object Type
teapot
Museum number
2013,3007.264
Description
Round teapot or soy sauce dispenser, with a curved spout and handle, and a domed cover with a knob. Made in porcelain painted in coloured enamels with a transfer-print of a woman in green driving a tractor; a small image of a tractor and blue mountains in the distance. Cover inscribed. Base glazed with a green seal.
Producer name
Made by:
Lisheng cichang (力生瓷厂)
Production date
1967
Production place
Made in:
Liling
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Panjiayuan
Materials
porcelain
Technique
printed
glazed
Dimensions
Height:
17 centimetres
Width:
11 centimetres
Depth:
12 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Ferguson 2021 / Pots, Prints and Politics: Ceramics with an Agenda, from the 14th to the 20th Century
(Chapter 15, p.142, fig.188)
(Mary Ginsberg, 'Appropriated Heroes: Prints, Pots and Political Symbols in Revolutionary China', pp.140-148)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Alfreda Murck
Acquisition date
2012
Acquisition notes
Acquired by Alfreda Murck at Panjiayuan on 21 April 2001.
Department
Asia
Registration number
2013,3007.264