Teapot
Date:
1723/1724
Medium:
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt, Bottger luster and enamel decoration
Dimensions:
5 3/8 in.
13.5 cm
13.5 cm
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, gift of Ruth Nugent Head and City of Detroit purchase, by exchange
Object number:
1992.43.A
Teapot of squat form with loop handle, curved spout with mask terminal and contemporary silver-gilt mount. Painted with Chinoiserie decoration of a huntsman and companion on horseback, one holding a hawk, the other with a spear, an attendant before them driving three spotted hounds. The reverse with two figures before a water with boats, an attendant blackamoor and another figure to one side within iron-red scroll and gilt-lined Bottger luster panelled cartouches; the shoulder with a band of gilt "Laub- und Bandelwerk", the spout, handle, body and cover with scattered birds among "indianischen Blumen".
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