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On either side of the vessel is a poetic couplet:
城隅綠水明秋日
海上青山隔暮雲
Outside the city walls the bright autumn sun reflected on green waters;
Over the sea dusky clouds separated by verdant mountains.
The other side:
渭水晴光搖草樹
終南佳氣入樓台
Sunlight through swaying trees and grasses on the Wei river;
From the Zhongnan mountains fine qi enters the pavilion. The Qing Court Collection; image courtesy
of the Palace Museum, Beijing
Compare with a similar jade teapot with a design of landscapes and
figures, but without a high arched handle, Ming dynasty, illustrated
in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 7,
Beijing, 2011, no.75, p.91.
