A YIXING RED POTTERY SQUARE FLARING CUP
SIGNED CHEN MINGYUAN
Set with a stylized dragon handle, opposite a ring, between key-fret borders at the rim and base, inscribed to one side with a poem, signed Mingyuan and his seal--4½in. (11.4cm.) square, box
拍品專文
The inscription reads dou chih jiu, cang zhi jiu, wei jun zi you which may be translated 'a bushel of fine wine, stored for a long time, for a gentleman to have'