Fashioned as an eight-lobed flower bud, each petal elegantly painted with clusters of individual flowers including peony, hibiscus, chrysanthemums, narcissus, two petals framing the spout and the handle further decorated with leafy foliage, and mounted with a cover molded as a seed pod enclosing a short pistil-form finial. Length 16 cm. Height 9 cm.
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Compare with single tea pot of this type sold at Bonhams, lot no 320, Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings. 20 September 2021 Live Auction, New York.