A Worcester teapot and cover

A Worcester teapot and cover, c.1760, painted with the Pu Tai or Corpulent Monk pattern, with three Chinese figures seated with varying attributes, the rim and shoulder with a gilt spearhead border, a crack to the spout, 19.2cm across. (2)

This pattern was copied directly from Chinese porcelain and was in use roughly between 1757 and 1766. Pu Tai was a Buddhist monk who lived during the Tang dynasty.