Teapot
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height (with cover): 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
Culture
Chinese, for Swedish market
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Erving Wolf Foundation Gift, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1983
Accession Number
1983.164a, b
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Delfos|Hieronymus van der My · 1731–1820
Abraham Delfos (1731–1820) was a distinguished Dutch painter, draughtsman, and engraver whose nearly nine-decade life spanned much of the 18th century and extended into the early 19th, making him a bridge between the late Dutch Golden Age tradition and the emergence of modern Dutch art. Born in Leiden on March 8, 1731, Delfos dedicated his career to the meticulous craft of reproductive engraving, ...