China Then and Now

Yixing teapot


Yixing teapot
2012.91.198, Yixing teapot with box; probably 21st century
Eason Eige Collection; photo by T. Ocken.

Yixing teapots typically come with a cloth-covered storage box. When the museum opened this box, we found two pecans inside. We don't know why the pecans were there, but we curated them along with the teapot and the box.


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