Teapot with a trunk-shaped body and with vine and mongoose motifs
| Accession Nr.: | 80.8.1-2 |
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| Type: | vessel; pottery |
| Date of production: |
1st half of the 20th century
Republican period |
| Place of production: |
| Marks: | four-character 宜興紫砂 (Yixing zisha) kaishu seal mark on the baset; 順銓(Shun Quan) oval mark in the cover |
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| Materials: | earthenware |
| Techniques: | applied; engraved |
| Dimensions: | height: 11.5 cm diameter (base): 10.5 cm |
This teapot, made in the imitation of a tree trunk, falls into the category of organic-type vessels. The handle of the lid was also made in the imitation of a vine bough: around it, there are leafs, a bunch of grapes and a mongoose that wants to get the grape.
