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Teapot with Landscape and Imperial Poem

Teapot with Landscape and Imperial Poem

1762–95
(Chinese, active c. 1720s–90s)
China, Jiangsu province, Yixing, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
Stoneware, with gold pigment, Yixing ware
Diameter: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Overall: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); with spout: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1980.27
Location: not on view

Description

This teapot of simple shape and polished surface has an imperial poem in gold on one side and a landscape on the other. The archaic seal script–style characters cite a poem composed by the Qianlong emperor on his third southern inspection tour in 1762. The base bears a stamped seal of the Yixing potter Chen Hanwen. Yixing potters produced teapots primarily for Ming dynasty literati-officials who valued simplicity and restraint in the wider Jiangnan region until the early Qing emperors introduced them at court. Court records of the Yongzheng era mention orders to make silver and porcelain teapots based on Yixing models
  • ?–1980
    (Ms. Charlotte Horstmann, Ltd., Kowloon, Hong Kong, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1980–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (1981): 163–219. Mentioned: p. 219, no. 301 www.jstor.org
    Von Spee, Clarissa. “The Power of Writing: A new display in the Chinese galleries focuses on inscriptions.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58, no. 5 (September/October 2018): 12–13. Reproduced: p. 12; Mentioned: pp. 12, 13.
    Von Spee, Clarissa. "China's Southern Paradise: Treasures From the Lower Yangzi Delta At the Cleveland Museum of Art." Arts of Asia (Winter 2023): 98-104. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 104, fig. 9
  • Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 13, 2018-February 3, 2019).
    Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).
    Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
  • {{cite web|title=Teapot with Landscape and Imperial Poem|url=false|author=Chen Hanwen|year=1762–95|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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