Lot Essay
The tea pot is inscribed on one side with an imperial poem composed by the Qianlong emperor in praise of the chrysanthemum. This imperial poem is included in Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji, ‘An Anthology of Imperial Poetry and Prose Composed by Gaozong of the Qing Period’, vol. 2, juan 82 (fig. 1).