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Description: | Ceremonial teapot, with copper forming the basic teapot's structure. The teapot is elaborately decorated with silver, which has some details picked out in gold gilding. The lid of the tea pot is attched to the handle via a series of chains and metal hoops. At the top of the lid is a ball decorated with a leaf design, which exapands down onto the lid. At the base of the lid, neck and top of the body are bands of decoration with various symbols picked out in gilding. The handle is a dragon and the spout comes away from the body with an elbow up and then there is a 90° bend near the tip. On both sides of the teapot are silver motifs that picture humanoid figures. The base of the teapot is made of silver with gilding.
label: yellow board with black type.
caption: Frontal view of object no. nn4408.
caption: Rear view of object no. nn4408.
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no nn4408 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | ritual teapots copper silver gilding | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-47352 | Go to resource |
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