A Chinese teapot decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period

Of hexagonal form with a squared bamboo style handle, painted on each side with cartouches of foliage with a pierced rock on a diaper ground, all below a ‘cracked ice‘ ground with scattered prunus blossoms on the shoulder, the lid enameled with friezes below a lotus bud finial, the s-curved spout painted with upright leaves.