A MEISSEN KAKIEMON BULLET-SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER with serpent's head and foliage-moulded spout and shell and foliage wishbone handle enriched in puce, painted in a bright Kakiemon palette with a bird in flight above flowering shrubs issuing from rockwork, the cover with scattered flowers and cone finial, silver chain attachment (damaged round top of handle, slight chip to spout), blue crossed swords mark, circa 1740