A large yellow ground polychrome porcelain teapot, the beehive shaped teapot with a domed lid and finial, having a moulded gold painted spout and chilong handle, decorated to the body with two cloud shaped reserves, one with lotus, the other with auspicious peaches, upon a floral and scroll strewn yellow ground, between ruyi and lotus borders, apocryphal Qianlong marks underside, height: 26 cm, width 31 cm, diameter 23.5 cm