Monkey teapot
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
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Monkey teapot
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
The Chitra Collection is an extraordinary private museum of historic teawares. In 2011 Nirmal Sethia, the Chairman of the luxury tea company, Newby Teas, set himself the task of acquiring the world’s greatest collection of teawares to record and preserve tea cultures of the past. Today, the collection, named in honour of his late wife, Chitra, totals almost 2000 objects and is already the world’s finest and most comprehensive collection of its kind.
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
Porcelain and enamels, J.J. Kändler (modeller), Meissen, Germany, ca.1735
Silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Russia, 1896-1908
Silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Russia, 1896-1908
Bloodstone and gold openwork, Germany, ca.1750
Bloodstone and gold openwork, Germany, ca.1750
Silver and ivory, Paul Storr, England, 1814
Silver and ivory, Paul Storr, England, 1814
#Onthisday in 1879, the Russian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich was born. Celebrated for his profound influence on abstract art, Malevich's most recognisable works are his paintings of superimposed, geometric forms in primary colours. Much lesser known are his teaware designs!
Made shortly after the Russian Revolution in 1917, this porcelain 'Suprematist tea set' was designed by Malevich and made by the Lomonosov Manufactory in Saint Petersburg. With its angular surfaces and impractical protrusions, Malevich's tea set embodies the radical changes that were occurring in Russian politics and art in the early decades of the 20th century.
