A Porcelain Turquoise-Ground Famille-Rose Poem Teapot ( 20.7 x 12.3 x 12.4cm) British collector Donald Ratcliffe practiced medicine in China from 1905 to 1911, and therefore enjoyed collecting Chinese antiques.With a round globular body, the teapot is of turquoise ground and in the center of which is painted with pines and  children playing on the ground and scholars playing chess.