A teapot whose shape Lawrence derives from English silver teapots. Meizan has turned the handle into a dragon, the spout into a bird (captioned as a cockerel; the text calls it a phoenix) and the knob into a flaming pearl. One side has a lakeside panel and the reverse women at leisure. Lawrence dates it to about 1890, because of its mixed themes and distinctive shape.
Description summarised from Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), pl. 45, pp. 66. Measurements and marks are as published and have not been checked against the object.
Provenance
Anonymous private collection, as stated in the source: Lawrence (2011, p. 259) says all Satsuma pieces in the book are from anonymous private collections in the USA and Europe (exceptions nos. 4, 29, 65 and 141, none of which is this piece).
Literature
Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), pl. 45, p. 66.
