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AN INSCRIBED YUCHENG KILN DUAN CLAY 或清同治 王東石款玉成窰段泥刻詩文飛
‘GOOSE AND LONGEVITY’ TEAPOT AND COVER 鴻延年壺
SIGNED WANG DONGSHI,
PROBABLY TONGZHI PERIOD
「陽羨王東石製」、「東石」印
the short cylindrical body potted with an undulating twelve-
lobed upper surface and underside, set with a short spout 詩文：瓦缶勝金玉。平圓合度棋形似，規製居然居复古
and a loop handle, inscribed to the exterior in regular script
with a five-character verse taken from the Zhu Zi’s Maxims, 能，推繹南通寧拙。吉金書。
and in seal script with a poem followed by the potter’s
name, the flat cover decorated with a swan goose below
the characters reading yan nian (longevity), the teapot base
impressed with a maker’s mark, reading Yangxian Wang
Dongshi zhi (‘made by Wang Dongshi from Yangxian’), while
the handle impressed with another Dongshi seal mark
17.5 cm, 6⅞ in.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,500
Mark Mark

649 (part lot)