• Dimension: W: 7 1/8 in (18.2 cm) H: 3 1/8 in (8 cm)
• Estimate From: $5000
• Estimate To: $7500

Of compressed globular form, the body incised with calligraphy by Ke Zhai on one side, and an image of an elder collecting tea leaves on the other side. The teapot has a short and raising spout, an ear-shaped round handle, a perfect fit insertion style lid, and a compressed bead shaped finial on top, the teapot of dark brown color. Ke Zhai was the mark used by a renowned calligrapher and collector Wu Dachen during Qing Dynasty Guangxu period (1895-1901), and the teapot was likely made by famous pottery maker Yu Guoliang of the same period.

此壺三彎流，流口呈拋物線上揚，短捷有力，耳朵型執把，把蓋嵌入式，緊實嚴密，蓋鈕圓珠型，壺身扁圓，腹大，壺底與壺蓋部份斂入，壺身刻有廉夫仿癭瓢子採茶圖，栩栩如生，絲絲入扣，另一邊則有愙齋刻字癭瓢句的詩文，字體流暢，有力，一望便知非一般工匠能及。此壺製作嚴謹，整體觀之線條流暢，佈局合理，包漿厚實，文人氣息濃厚。愙齋為光緒年間（1895-1901）期間著名金石書法家，收藏家吳大澄所用印款。此壺應為此時期俞國良所製。