| "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 the "Teapot painted in fencai enamels with a scene in a tea pavilion" in the Qing dynasty. It is a globular teapot with bent spout and overlapping lid. Painted on one side in a gilt-framed panel is a man being served tea in an open pavilion in a garden with flowering trees, with other buildings and a pagoda beyond whereas in the foreground are figures with baskets. The remaining surface is painted with floral scrollwork on a lemon yellow ground. The inside of the pot and lid are in light turquoise enamel.
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