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Octagonal melon-shaped body with reeded, twisted handle and reeded spout; brown [foo?]-dog finial; [Meissen?] "basketweave" in relief around top of body and on cover; scene in blue and white of pagodas, streams and mountains; handles leafy terminals are highlighted in blue and gilding; blue "fishbone" decoration on spine of handles and on spout; traces of gilt on lip (chipped) of spout.
teapots
porcelain
underglazing
Chinese export
Vessel, Drink Serving
Teapot
Teapot
Sears, Marian B., 1879-1943
Unknown
Japan
7 (H) (inches)
Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears
1983.28AB
Wesselman, Linda J. and Martha D. Hamilton. Earliest Recollections: Furnishings from the Family of Edwin B. Sears. Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1984.
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