{"id":8554,"date":"2018-12-16T09:57:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T14:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=8554"},"modified":"2018-12-16T09:57:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T14:57:40","slug":"yixing-teapot-with-rabbit-finial-c-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=8554","title":{"rendered":"Yixing teapot with rabbit finial, c.1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This unusual quadrangular form,\u00a0brown stoneware Yixing teapot was made in China in the middle of the 18th century. It has a rabbit finial and measures approximately 5 inches high and 7 inches from handle to spout.<\/p>\n<p>At some point in its early life, the original loop handle broke off and was replaced by an expertly made carved wood replacement. I am not sure if the silver spout was added at the same time as the handle, but it is also an early replacement, most likely done by a fine jeweler or silversmith.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like the rabbit finial, which has a missing foot. When I was young I was given a rabbit&#8217;s foot key chain. I was quite fond of it until I realized, much to my horror, that it was an actual rabbit&#8217;s foot! I do hope this little guy&#8217;s foot didn&#8217;t end up dangling from the end of a tiny keychain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=13374\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13374\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13374\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5518-Version-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5518-Version-2-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5518-Version-2-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5518-Version-2-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=13373\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13373\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5519-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5519-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5519-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5519-Version-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=13372\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13372\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13372\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5525.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5525-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5525-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=13371\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13371\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13371\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5527.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5527.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5527-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5527-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=13370\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13370\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5520.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5520-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5520-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=13369\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13369\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5523.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5523-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5523-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This unusual quadrangular form,\u00a0brown stoneware Yixing teapot was made in China in the middle of the 18th century. It has a rabbit finial and measures approximately 5 inches high and 7 inches from handle to spout. At some point in its early life, the original loop handle broke off and was replaced by an expertly [&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":[7,124,100,17,68,47],"class_list":["post-8554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-chinese","tag-metal-spout","tag-pottery","tag-silver","tag-wood-handle","tag-yixing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8554","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=8554"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13385,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8554\/revisions\/13385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}