Chinese antique polychrome porcelain Tea pot. Thick potted, tea pot in globular tall body, raised upon a wide flat base, with dome lid finial. Flanked with archaic u-shape curved spout and a simply looped handle. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the polychrome design color. Polychrome colors added to the basic transfer hand painting after firing were that of green, orange, red and yellow. What craft master did after hand painting was to add splashes of color either underglaze or overglaze to many of their ironstone wares to meet the changing taste of the times. The exterior decorated in abundant wheat with a grasshopper in the branch, among Chinese calligraphy poem with a red reign mark. A grasshopper symbolizes luck, abundance, courageousness, resourcefulness, insight, peace, patience, fertility, intuition, vibrancy, stability, security, solidarity, balance, freedom, joy, honor and creativity. Aided with an ability to move forward only, it suggests advance thinking and enlightenment. Grasshopper Symbolisms According to Color Green grasshopper: Signifies rejuvenation, fresh beginnings, adventure, growth, health and youthful concepts. Brown or yellow grasshopper: Stands for positivity and progress. The Chinese look upon a grasshopper as a symbol of prosperity and fertility. In the Tang Dynasty, grasshoppers were adored and even kept as pets. Linking them to crops, the Chinese saw their arrival as predicting the time for harvesting crops. The upper mouth rim, the dome lid and the foot base rim adorned with auspicious and geometrically pattern. The colors are harmonious, elegant and exquisite, the composition is sophisticated, simply a feast for the eye. The clay is fine with a moist appearance, the finishing meticulous. The underside bears artist signature mark, a four underglaze iron-red seal script characters.Height:3.88 inWidth: 5.25 in in