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Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.\r\nOn long-term loan to Los Angeles County Museum from 2010.","physicalDescription":"A Kakiemon porcelain teapot with German silver-gilt mounts. The porcelain pot of slightly melon form painted with vertical panels of partly gilt flowering plants, the porcelain cover painted with flowers, possibly from another vessel, the silver-gilt neck mount chased with gadroons, the cover mount serrated leaf-tip border, fluted urn finial attached by silver-gilt chains to a leaf-form handle mount with hinged cover engraved with scrolling foliage","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Baur, Johann Ulrich","id":"A22318"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"mounts"},{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":"teapot"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Porcelain, with silver-gilt mounts","categories":[{"text":"Tea, coffee and chocolate wares","id":"THES48886"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2010EJ5133","2010EJ5132","2010EJ5131","2010EJ5130","2010EJ5102","2010EJ5101","2010EJ5095"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES412612"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"teapot","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Augsburg","id":"x32552"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"mounts"},{"place":{"text":"Japan","id":"x29399"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"teapot"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca.1700","earliest":"1695-01-01","latest":"1704-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"15.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Japanese porcelain was highly prized in Europe at this time and often provided with precious silver mounts. 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