Cover of Yixing ware teapot
Maker: Yixing ware
Medium:Hand-made stoneware with copper and brass fittings
Geography: Yixing Xian, Jiangsu province, China
Date: late 19th century AD
Period: Qing Dynasty
Object number: 976.358.17.B
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs G. Egerton Brown
DescriptionTeapot; Brown stoneware; Qing dynasty, late 19th century; Gift of Mrs. G.E. Brown; 976.358.17a-b
This Yixing teapot has been carefully polished to a sheen, causing it to resemble metal.