Teapot in the Form of a Rice Measure

Artist Huang Yulin (Chinese)

Date19th century

MediumStoneware (Yixing ware)

DimensionsOverall: 2 5/8 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (6.67 × 13.97 × 13.97 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number58-15

Signed玉麟 (Huang Yulin 黃玉麟, active 1821-1850). Square seal was stamped inside the lid.

InscribedInscription on the body

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

Provenance

With Pang Yuanji, 1864-1949,

Tonying and Company, N.Y. by 1958.

Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in 1958.

Published References

Pang Yuanji, Xuzhai mingtao tulu (Catalog of Chinese pottery in the collection of Pang Yuanji). 2 vols, vol. I.

Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing ware. New York: China House Gallery, 1978. Exhibition catalog, no. 22, 46-7..

The Art of the Yixing Potter: The K.S. Lo collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware. Hong Kong: The Urban Council, 1990. 47-8, 62-3.

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