Teapot in the Shape of a Plum Tree, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1799

Identification

Title(s)

Teapot in the Shape of a Plum Tree
Teapot with prunus sprays, birds and a butterfly

Object type

teapot

Object number

AK-NM-6568-A-1

Description

Theepot van rood steengoed met een cilindervormig lichaam, gemodelleerd in de vorm van een schijf van een dik stuk bamboe, gebogen tuit en C-vormig oor. Op de wand prunustakken, vogels en een vlinder. Tuit, oor en dekselknop in de vorm van knoestige takken. Yixing.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Place

China

Dating

c. 1700 - c. 1799

School / style

Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722) / Yongzheng-period (1723-1735) / Qianlong-period (1736-1795) / Jiaqing-period (1796-1820)

Material and Technique

Material

stoneware

Technique

turning / formed / relief (sculpture technique) / fired

Measurements

height 8 cm × diameter 7.5 cm

Subject

Who

Jean Theodore Royer

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1885

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; collection Jean Theodore Royer (1737-1807), The Hague;{Note RMA.} bequeathed by his widow to King William I, 1814;{Note RMA.}; transferred to the Royal Cabinet of Curiosities, The Hague, 1816;{Note RMA.} from whom transferred to the museum, 1885

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Is part of

Teapot with prunus sprays, birds and a butterfly (AK-NM-6568-A)

Documentation

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.713697

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