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Japanese porcelain teapot w/ bamboo handle of globular form w/ raised collar and fitted drop-in lid, painted w/ polychrome enamels and gilt highlights w/ (?) busy floral and bird decoration.
teapots
covers (closures)
bamboo (material)
enameling
gilding
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
porcelain
bamboo (material)
Porcelain
Bamboo
Enameled
Gilded
Painted
TEAPOT
Painted on underside of lid: 6-character mark (pattern?, decoration?--cannot transcribe)
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
4.125 x 5.375 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.155AB
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