Teapot

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Teapot

1827

Yang Pengnian (Chinese, active late 18th–early 19th century)

The poetic, semicursive calligraphy incised on this teapot advises that tea contained within should be drunk "at your leisure" because it may be intoxicating at first. The phrase "at your leisure" (ju-i) is a verbal pun on the shape of the teapot, which is known as a ju-i in Chinese.

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Object Details

Title:

Teapot

Date:

1827

Artist:

Yang Pengnian (Chinese, active late 18th–early 19th century)

Medium:

Pewter over stoneware (Yixing ware)

Dimensions:

3 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 1 3/4 inches (9.6 × 15 × 4.5 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. John Reilly, 1941

Accession Number:

1941-87-124a,b

Geography:

Made in China, Asia

Context:

Dynasty: Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

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