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Description: | Sancai porcelain rectangular teapot in the shape of a well. The teapot is decorated in green, yellow and brown enamels on biscuit porcelain. It has a short, straight neck painted with a green and black border, leading up to a square opening. The flat lid is painted with a green flower surrounded by a red border; a finial in the shape of a lotus bud protrudes from the centre of the flower. The shoulder of the teapot is decorated with prunus on two opposing sides and a keyfret pattern on the other two sides. There is a framed, raised panel on each of the four sides decorated with flowers of the four seasons; on the back is the Prunus as the symbol for winter, on the right is the Peony for spring, on the front is the Lotus for summer and on the left is the Chrysanthemum for autumn. Each panel is framed by a simple border of flowers and dots on a green background. The handle is modelled and painted to resemble wicker and has a floral woven-type pattern in yellow and brown. The s-shaped spout is quadrangular and is decorated with green leaves on a yellow background. The teapot stands on four small l-shaped feet. Description Source: Legeza, I.L. 1972. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Malcolm Macdonald Collection of Chinese Ceramics in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Durham. London: Oxford University Press, p. 70 | Subjects: | teapot teapot receptacle/vessel | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=328... | Go to resource |
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