A lac burgauté covered yixing pottery teapotOf compressed globular form surmounted by a fitted lid with tear-drop shaped knob, the sides supporting a curved spout and a D-shaped handle with small flange, the Yixing clay covered on all exterior surfaces with black lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl in complex geometric patterns surrounding opposing quatrelobe reserves of bamboo and prunus.
4in (10cm) high (2).