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Teapot
Teapot

Teapot

Place of OriginChina
Dateapprox. 1825-1850
MaterialsPorcelain with enamels and gold
DimensionsH. 10 in x W. 9 1/4 in x D. 7 3/4 in, H. 25.4 cm x W. 23.5 cm x D. 19.7 cm
Credit LineGift from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Object number2006.27.12.a-.b
DepartmentSoutheast Asian Art
ClassificationsCeramics
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Chinese traders in Siam (today's Thailand) in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries found that they could sell large quantities of porcelain vessels and dishes made in China following Thai designs. This teapot has a traditional Chinese shape, but its colors and motifs of heavenly beings and mythical animals are Thai. Merchants must have taken pattern books of Thai designs to China for porcelain decorators to refer to.