An inscribed yixing red stoneware teapot and cover, Attributed to Hui Mengchen, early Qing dynasty 清早期 傳惠孟臣製宜興朱泥茶壺 《孟臣》款

An inscribed yixing red stoneware teapot and cover,

Attributed to Hui Mengchen, early Qing dynasty

清早期 傳惠孟臣製宜興朱泥茶壺

《孟臣》款

the base inscribed with a poetic verse reading Shiren zuoban, wenshi xiangqin (‘To be accompanied by poets, and to be close to the scholars’) followed by Mengchen’s mark 

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孟臣

h. 5.9 cm; w. 11.2 cm