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1972.43-28 (C-583)
Teapot

Qing dynasty, late eighteenth/early nineteenth century
Dehua ware (blanc de chine), porcelain with colorless glaze,
with lid: 15.6 (6V6)
Harry G. Steele Collection, Gift of Grace C. Steele

INSCRIPTIONS
Incised in cursive script on the side is a poetic couplet:
The tea boils with a pure fragrance,
Friends arrive at the gate.
—Keque
TECHNICAL NOTES
The teapot is made from a fine white paste and covered with a
uniform colorless glaze. Most of the interior is glazed, the foot-
ring is carefully trimmed, and the recessed base is glazed. There is
a single hole where the spout joins the body.

PROVENANCE
(Yamanaka, Chicago); sold May 1941 to Harry G. Steele
[1881-1941], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele.

OLDED IN THE SHAPE OF A CYLINDER, this teapot
Mrepresents a well-known shape from the Dehua
kilns of Fujian Province. The spout and handle are cir-
cular in cross-section, and the lid has a molded lion-
shaped knob. At the center of each side is a raised disk.
A poetic couplet has been incised in cursive script
(caoshu) on one side of the disk.
SL

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