{"id":7504,"date":"2013-06-22T16:23:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T20:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=7504"},"modified":"2013-06-23T12:12:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T16:12:26","slug":"tiny-chinese-imari-teapot-c-1700","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=7504","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Chinese Imari teapot, c.1700"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though this octagonal-shaped Chinese porcelain teapot from the Kangxi period (1662-1722) appears to be a miniature, it is indeed a functioning vessel. Tea was only for the wealthy in the late 17th century; brewed in highly concentrated batches in tiny teapots and\u00a0consumed in small amounts. This fine example, which stands nearly 4&#8243; high, has cobalt blue underglaze decoration with iron red and gilt detailing. The remains of the original porcelain spout have been replaced by a much smaller silver cap, most likely in Amsterdam in the 1800s. As a precaution against loss, the lid has been shackled to the\u00a0handle using a fine-link chain. This embellishment may have been added at the same time as the replacement spout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7681\" alt=\"IMG_7682\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7682.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7682.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7682-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7696.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7683\" alt=\"IMG_7696\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7696.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7696.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7696-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7684.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7682\" alt=\"IMG_7684\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7684.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7684.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7684-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7687.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7675\" alt=\"IMG_7687\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7687.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7687.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7687-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7676\" alt=\"IMG_7688\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7688.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7688.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7688-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7677\" alt=\"IMG_7692\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7692.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7692.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7692-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7694.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7678\" alt=\"IMG_7694\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7694.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7694.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7694-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7695.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7679\" alt=\"IMG_7695\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7695.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7695.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7695-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7698.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7680\" alt=\"IMG_7698\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7698.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7698.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7698-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This nearly identical teapot with the same form, size and decoration as mine shows what the original spout looked like before the addition of the silver replacement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/imari-teapot1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7506\" alt=\"imari teapot\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/imari-teapot1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/imari-teapot1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/imari-teapot1-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patergratiaorientalart.com\">Pater Gratia Oriental Art<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though this octagonal-shaped Chinese porcelain teapot from the Kangxi period (1662-1722) appears to be a miniature, it is indeed a functioning vessel. Tea was only for the wealthy in the late 17th century; brewed in highly concentrated batches in tiny teapots and\u00a0consumed in small amounts. This fine example, which stands nearly 4&#8243; high, has cobalt [&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":[7,29,124,13,16,17],"class_list":["post-7504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-chinese","tag-imari","tag-metal-spout","tag-miniature","tag-porcelain","tag-silver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504","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=7504"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7695,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504\/revisions\/7695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}