A ha🌊rdstone-inlaid palღe celadon jade teapot and cover

Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century

清十八 / 十九世紀 青白玉嵌寶蓮花圖茶壺

of flattened oblong shape, resting on a stepped pedestal foot with a rectangular galleried rim, one side with a curving handle, the opposite with an upturned elongated spout intricately carved with stylized arabesques and foliate scrolls, the broad sides inlaid with various hardstones including spinach-green jade and rose quartz in the form of blossoming lotus and hyacinth, surmounted by a rectangular domed cover with a rose quartz lotus bud-form finial center🔯ing a lapis lazuli bead (2)

Width 6 ¼ in., 16 cm