Teapot, hard paste porcelain, bullet shape with a ribbed wishbone handle, gaping bird's mouth spout and flower knop on lid, decorated with painted naturalistic flowers, not marked, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, c1760-1780the Chinese pott

Teapot, hard paste porcelain, bullet shape with a ribbed wishbone handle, gaping bird's mouth spout and flower knop on lid, decorated with painted naturalistic flowers, not marked, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, c1760-1780
the Chinese potter has faithfully copied the form of a Meissen teapot of about 1740-1750; the painted flowers, probably added in Guangzhou (Canton), mimic so-called deutsche blumen, a popular decorative style on European ceramics throughout the mid to late 18th century