Minneapolis Institute of Art

Make-do teapot

China

Date

c. 1720

Medium

Porcelain, silver (later addition)

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This teapot probably lost its original porcelain spout in transit. Objects with such repairs such as this are often called make-dos. They illustrate the extent to which even broken pieces of Chinese Export were highly prized, that they would be custom-fitted with silver rather than discarded. China, Asia

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