Teapot
This teapot is exceptionally rich in its range of colors and decorative floral motifs. Around the bulbous body of the pot, there are six raised lobes each decorated with a painted with a scene that is repeated on both sides: an exuberantly exotic bird; a seventeenth-century falconer with his falcon; and a deer. On the side and front faces of the spout appear storks. The handle is in raised leaf and floral decoration and terminates in a dolphin's or dragon's head.
Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1977, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest
[Marks] On base in Cyrillic: OK; [Symbol] St. George left; [Number] 88; [Number] Inventory number: 48; [Mark] Punched in script: A or P; [Marks] On rim of lid in Cyrillic: FR; [Number] 88; [Mark] Punched in script: A or P
Period ca. 1880
Accession Number 44.806
Measurements H: 5 7/8 x W: 7 9/16 x D: 4 7/16 in. (15 x 19.2 x 11.3 cm)