| "Poetry and Ceramic Art: Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the K.S. Lo Collection of the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware" exhibition was opened today (March 15) at the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware until March 5, 2007. It features more than 120 pieces of Chinese tea ware and related vessels from the Tang dynasty to the 20th century, accompanied by inspiring poetry and paintings on tea drinking, offering visitors a fascinating insight into the art of Chinese tea culture. The picture shows "Ewer with moulded designs and sancai glazes" in the Tang dynasty. The ewer with a flattened globular body set on a spreading foot and cupped mouth with trefoil spout on a small neck, the high handle shaped as a dragon biting the rim. The whitish earthenware has a white slip under its amber lead glaze and is decorated on either side with a four-petalled motif with floral elements in moulded relief, coloured in green and amber on white.
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