FMNH 117757.nosub[2]

  • 117757: teapot
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: teapot in Tibetan style, pewter with a cane-wrapped handle and a blue glass knob the from imitates that of a Tibetan milk pot, an impressed seal on the insde reads Xingfa Hao, a shop name
Catalog Number: 117757.nosub[2]
Description: teapot with lid
Materials: metal; tin, cane, glass
Cultural Attribution: Han Chinese
Accession Number: [1114] Blackstone Chinese and Tibetan Expedition - 1908-1910 (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1910
City/Town: Ch'engtu
Collector/Source: Blackstone Chinese and Tibetan Expedition - 1908-1910, Berthold Laufer : Field Museum of Natural History
EMu IRN: 1018536
GUID: 254fad4e-c54b-47db-92e9-9cb0f4ba8afe

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