Side of Sometsuke Botan Dobin (teapot with hand-painted peonies in cobalt)

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Title:
Aizu-Hongo Botan Dobin (Aizu-Hongo teapot with peony motif)
Catalog Number:
AACC-2018-001
Source:
Asian American Comparative Collection
Description:
This dobin-style teapot features a somewhat abstracted hand-painted peony design on the exterior body and a single tassel yoraku (rim design) on the spout (Dower 1971:70; Ross 2012:21). Two small lugs indicate that it would likely have had a bamboo handle. According to the Aizu-Hongo Ware Museum, this style of teapot was produced in large quantities between 1885 and 1911. Many Aizu-Hongo teapots were also exported to the United States, and appear in export catalogs from 1907, 1910, and 1916 (Litts 1988:44; Van Patten 1997:11,16). Peony motif Aizu-Hongo teapots have been recovered from archaeological sites in San Diego and Riverside, California, that were occupied between 1871 and 1939 (Bibb 1997; Great Basin Foundation 1987:293, Figure 18). This vessel was donated to the AACC by Ilene Buys.
Functional Category:
Mealtime Tableware
Material:
Hanjiki (half porcelain)
Vessel Form:
Dobin (teapot)
Artifact Dimensions:
Rim= 8 cm; base= 7 cm; height= 11 cm
Pigment Application:
Shita-Etsuke (underglaze)
Decoration Type:
Sometsuke (hand-painted cobalt)
Exterior Decoration Method:
Sometsuke (hand-painted cobalt)
Exterior Decoration Color:
Cobalt blue
Exterior Decoration Elements:
Botan (peony); Tassel Yoraku (rim design)
Manufacture Origin:
Aizu-Hongo, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Manufacture Date Range:
Sources suggest that Aizu-Hongo peony motif teapots were exported to the United States between the Mid-Meiji and the early Taisho era (1886-1916)
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Source
Preferred Image Citation:
Photo courtesy of the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, catalog no. AACC-2018-001.
Metadata Created By:
Renae Campbell (2018)
Reference Link:
https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/hjccc/data/hjccc-129.html
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