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Teapot with Meloned Sides and Lid

Artist Chen Yinlong (Chinese)
DateMing dynasty (1368-1644)
MediumPurplish-brown stoneware (Zisha)
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 × 5 1/2 inches (6.99 × 13.97 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number58-13
Markingson the base: 陳隱龍製
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Not on view
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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, 39.

Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing ware. New York: China House Gallery, 1978. Exhibition catalog, no. 13, 36-7.

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