Casgliadau Arlein

Teapot, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a straight-sided foot-rim, globular body, short cylindrical neck, plain curving spout, curved-back loop handle, round domed cover with flat collar-like rim, a nipple-shaped finial to the top of the cover and a pierced steam hole to one side; painted in underglaze blue with to either side of the exterior body of the teapot a large spreading oriental flowering shrub, to the spout anf the top of the cover sprigs of oriental flowers and foliage, a small scroll design in blue to the handle. A crack to the cover.