Cleveland Museum of Art

Teapot with Landscape and Imperial Poem

Chen Hanwen

Date

1762–95

Medium

Stoneware, with gold pigment, Yixing ware

Culture

China, Jiangsu province, Yixing, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)

Department

Chinese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This teapot with a polished surface shows an imperial poem in gold on one side and a landscape on the other. The poem in archaic seal script was composed by the Qianlong emperor on his third southern inspection tour in 1762, when he traveled to southern China to solidify his rule. The base bears a stamped seal of its maker. Yixing potters produced teapots primarily for Ming dynasty literati-officials who valued simplicity and restraint, until the early Qing emperors introduced them at court.

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