Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Elder Motif Porcelain Lidded Tea Pot. Potted in tea pot shape, globular body, short cylindrical neck, with curved spout flanked on the mid belly outward at the short mouth rim, a looped handles flanked on the shoulder, its reverse bowl dome lid finial bud, raised with flat round foot base. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of Elder in grass field bellow dense tree, vapors and ruyi clouds. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim. Dimensions Height: 21 cm, Diam.: 18 cm Medium porcelain Date Ming Dynasty Condition Report Over all in EXCELLENT Condition. LAUREN Galleries provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, and is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. The bidder assumes responsibility for ensuring that the condition of the item(s) meets with their satisfaction prior to bidding. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.