A Meissen porcelain tea pot, circa 1730, of fluted octagonal form, with a scroll handle and a bird's head spout, decorated in the Kakiemon palette with a bird amongst prunus, bamboo and pine, the lid adorned with flowering branch finial, underglazed crossed swords underside, 14 cm high. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne, Moorabool antique Galleries, Geelong