• Dimension: Height: 4 1/2 in (11.4 cm) Width: 7 1/8 in (18.1 cm)
• Estimate From: $1200
• Estimate To: $1800

of square section with bulging sides supported on four foot, the cover surmounted with recumbent buddhist lion as finial, the base with a four character mark 'Shao Rui Yuan Zhi'. Qing Dynasty period.

邵瑞元，清乾隆時期制壺藝人，生卒待考。其類似作品可見於《明清紫砂珍賞》一書, 031號, 西泠印社出版社, 2006。