A CHINESE LIME-GREEN GROUND 'POETIC' TEAPOT

Reference: ART1004482

The teapot is decorated to each side with a gilt-bordered panel enclosing a poem about tea written in iron red enamel and dated dingsi year of Jiaqing corresponding to 1797, all reserved against a lime-green ground decorated with lotus sprays. The domed cover is similarly decorated with a lotus scroll and surmounted by bud-shaped finial. The interior and base are enamelled turquoise, with an apocryphal Jiaqing mark.