Teapot for Steeped Tea

mid 19th century H: 4 13/16 in. (12.22 cm) Citation Source image

This teapot and the inscribed poem may have been created by Otagaki Rengetsu, a Japanese Buddhist nun. Otagaki was especially renowned for her ability to incorporate pottery and poetry into one work of art. The poem reads:May the pine wind flowing,flowing through the house,bru...

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18131
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Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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