Penguin-form three piece tea service

I like the penguins, because they are funny. You basically open up their head and fill it with tea or water and then just use it. I don’t get the thought process behind it. Apparently Indians made it. I wonder when it would it be used; I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be used every day, so I’m not quite sure when they would actually use it. But I like it.

The Facts:

Hu-shaped vase with medallions of landscape painting

I liked this vase because it is small. It is as small as my hand. The paintings are very detailed and very small. In the bottom middle of the painting, there are very, very small humans. The artist must have looked away a lot while painting because it is very hard to look at something that small for a long time. Once I was drawing something, and I thought it looked good. Then a little while later, I looked back at it and realized it had a very long neck. I already colored it with markers, so I couldn’t fix it. That was a sad time. But this is not a sad vase. I like it a lot.

The vase in its case at the MFA

The Facts:

  • Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1796
  • Jingdezhen ware; porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration
  • Mark on base, in overglaze red enamel: Da Qing nianzhi
  • Gift of Mrs. Frances Marie Bernat, 1975 (1975.732)
  • Gallery 275 (Paul and Elizabeth Schmid Gallery)