Lot Essay
Wang Dongshi was a renowned zisha potter active in the late Qing dynasty.
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LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
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A YUCHENG ZISHA TEAPOT BY WANG DONGSHI
LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The teapot is incised on one side with two characters daji ‘great auspices’ above an inscription indicating the vessel was made by Wang Dongshi after the style of the mid-Qing Yixing master Chen Mansheng. The bottom of the handle is impressed with two seals Wang and Dongshi. The base is impressed with the mark Yangxian Wang Dongshi mu Mansheng hu ‘Wang Dongshi from Yangxian in imitation of a teapot by Mansheng’.
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
LATE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The teapot is incised on one side with two characters daji ‘great auspices’ above an inscription indicating the vessel was made by Wang Dongshi after the style of the mid-Qing Yixing master Chen Mansheng. The bottom of the handle is impressed with two seals Wang and Dongshi. The base is impressed with the mark Yangxian Wang Dongshi mu Mansheng hu ‘Wang Dongshi from Yangxian in imitation of a teapot by Mansheng’.
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high
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