An inscribed Yucheng kiln duan clay 'goose and longevity' teapot and cover, signed Wang Dongshi, Qing dynasty, Tongzhi period | 清同治 王東石款玉成窰段泥刻詩文飛鴻延年壺 《陽羨王東石製》、《東石》印

An inscribed Yucheng kiln duan clay 'goose and longevity' teapot and cover

Signed Wang Dongshi

Qing dynasty, Tongzhi period

清同治 王東石款玉成窰段泥刻詩文飛鴻延年壺

《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 and a loop handle, inscribed to the exterior in regular script with a five-character verse taken from the Zhu Zi's Maxims, 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

詩文：瓦缶勝金玉。平圓合度棋形似，規製居然居复古能，推繹南通寧拙。吉金書。