The colorless glazed ground of the cover and teapot painted in a bianco supra bianco technique of opaque white enamel flower heads and leaf scrolls with delicately engraved details forming the ground to grisaille-painted oval panels of flowers, rocks and bamboo, puce-enameled landscapes in gilt-scrolled frames, all subordinate to opposing circular reserves of a scholar, beauty and children enjoying their leisure in the garden of a palatial home; the two porcelain sections applied with later silver mounts, probably English market.H:5in (12.7 cm) W:7in (17.7 cm)