{"id":925,"date":"2010-03-24T15:52:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T20:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=925"},"modified":"2011-02-13T13:27:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:27:01","slug":"famille-rose-mandarin-teapot-c-1750","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=925","title":{"rendered":"Globular &#8220;Mandarin&#8221; teapot with double repairs, c.1750"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese export porcelain teapot, from the Qianlong period (1736-1795), has a Mandarin design painted in the famille rose color palette. Teapot measures 7-3\/4&#8243; long by 4-3\/4&#8243; high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4806\" title=\"IMG_1703\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17031.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17031-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The same nicely detailed hand painted decoration in polychrome enamels is found on both sides of the teapot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5293\" title=\"IMG_7096\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7096.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7096.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7096-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7097.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5294\" title=\"IMG_7097\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7097.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7097-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aside from a few nibbles on the end, the original porcelain spout has escaped major damage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5295\" title=\"IMG_7099\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7099.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7099.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7099-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teapot has a double repair, as both the lid and handle have been replaced with hollow tin, gessoed and painted to match the body. These repairs seem to have been done in the early 1900&#8217;s and the enamel color, once matching the white porcelain color, \u00a0has darkened over the years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17561.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4807\" title=\"IMG_1756\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17561.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17561.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_17561-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of the once white enamel which covered the replacement lid has worn away, revealing bare metal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1758_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4808\" title=\"IMG_1758_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1758_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1758_2.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1758_2-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Mandarin teapot maintains its original handle and lid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/catphoto2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-930\" title=\"catphoto\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/catphoto2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trocadero.com\/EastWest\">EastWest Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese export porcelain teapot, from the Qianlong period (1736-1795), has a Mandarin design painted in the famille rose color palette. Teapot measures 7-3\/4&#8243; long by 4-3\/4&#8243; high. The same nicely detailed hand painted decoration in polychrome enamels is found on both sides of the teapot. Aside from a few nibbles on the end, the original [&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":[7,40,77,16,76],"class_list":["post-925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teapot","tag-chinese","tag-metal-handle","tag-metal-lid","tag-porcelain","tag-qianlong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925","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=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":932,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}