{"id":10738,"date":"2017-01-08T12:19:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T17:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=10738"},"modified":"2017-02-01T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T19:48:19","slug":"chinese-teapot-with-wood-handle-c-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=10738","title":{"rendered":"Chinese teapot with wood handle, c.1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This beautiful porcelain teapot was made in China in the mid-1700s and is decorated with cherry blossoms, bamboo, and birds using cobalt blue underglaze with red and gilt overglaze enamels. It stands\u00a05 inches high and is 7.25 inches wide from handle to spout. The matching lid has a skep shaped knob.<\/p>\n<p>For me, the real beauty of this teapot is in the overscaled wood replacement handle, which would look more at home on a pewter teapot of the same period. I have many teapots in my collection with\u00a0similar wood replacement handles all made with an <a href=\"https:\/\/woodpursuits.com\/best-log-splitter\/\">electric log splitter<\/a>, each with slight variations. I find the fanciful carved wood handle is in direct contrast to the\u00a0simple\u00a0globular form of the body, making for a quirky\u00a0mashup.\u00a0Naturally,\u00a0I prefer this unique example over\u00a0a &#8220;perfect&#8221; one any day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10743\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10743\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10743\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9172-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9172 - Version 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9172-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9172-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9172-Version-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10744\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10744\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10744\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9173.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9173\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9173.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9173-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9173-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10745\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10745\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9181.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9181\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9181.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9181-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9181-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10746\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10746\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10746\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9184.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9184\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9184.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9184-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9184-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10741\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10741\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10741\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9186.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9186\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9186.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9186-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9186-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10740\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10740\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10740\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9185.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9185\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9185.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9185-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9185-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10739\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10739\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9177.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9177\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9177.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9177-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9177-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10742\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10742\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10742\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9191.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9191\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9191.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9191-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9191-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This teapot with similar form shows what the original loop handle on mine might have looked like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=10749\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10749\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10749\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teapot-1.jpg\" alt=\"teapot\" width=\"400\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teapot-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/teapot-1-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveauctioneers.com\">Live Auctioneers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This beautiful porcelain teapot was made in China in the mid-1700s and is decorated with cherry blossoms, bamboo, and birds using cobalt blue underglaze with red and gilt overglaze enamels. It stands\u00a05 inches high and is 7.25 inches wide from handle to spout. The matching lid has a skep shaped knob. For me, the real [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,45,16,68],"class_list":["post-10738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-chinese","tag-globular","tag-porcelain","tag-wood-handle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10738"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11891,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10738\/revisions\/11891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}