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An Yixing stoneware ‘happiness’ teapot and cover Acquired directly from Gu Jingzhou in 1991 and thence by descent to
Signed Gu Jingzhou, dated 1989 the present owner
With a circular base rising to gently sloping sides, one side with a short 於1991年直接得自顧景舟並由現藏家繼承（附江蘇省宜興紫砂工藝廠
spout, the shoulder extending upwards to an elevated handle, the 證書）
flattened cover with a circular knop, the exterior finely carved with a
series of zhuanshu inscription, ending with a seven-character kaishu Gu Jingzhou (1915-1996) was a native of Yixing, where Yixing
inscription, the base impressed with a six-character zhuanshu potter’s stoneware teapots were first made. He is now revered as one of the
seal mark between dated kaishu inscription and potter’s signature, greatest modern and contemporary masters of Yixing stoneware in
a further two-character oval mark on the underside of the cover China. In the early 1930s, he was trained by the master potter Chu
and another at the bottom of the handle, the stoneware of a dark Ming, a Yixing stoneware teapot expert of the early Republican period,
brown colour with purplish hue; sold with an original certificate of renowned for his cylindrical teapots known as yang tong. Gu honed his
authentication. technique and eventually matured in developing his own unique style,
14.1cm high. (2). when he was invited by the established connoisseur and dealer Lang
HK$4,000,000 - 6,000,000 Yushu to make teapots after the styles of Ming and Qing potters in
US$520,000 - 770,000 Shanghai.

1989年作 顧景舟款紫泥提梁此樂壺 The current teapot is further authenticated by the original certificate,
issued by the Yixing Purple Clay Art and Craft, Jiangsu province.
蓋底：「景記」篆文方印
壺底：「足吾所好翫而老焉」篆文方印、「歲在已己年」、「景舟製」
楷書印

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