Description:
round body with text and applied nuts of various types, inverted mushroom lid, gathered nuts at bottom for feet, curved handle

Label Text:
This teapot is signed by Qu Yingshao and the inscription relates to the various nuts and seeds applied to the surface – a theme of abundance.

Qu Yingshao whose zi is Ziye, and whose haos include Yuehu, Qufu, Ji'an and Laoye was a well-known scholar and Yixing connoisseur during the Daoguang and Xianfeng eras. As a native of Shanghai, he moved in literary circles during the early nineteenth century and became known as a man of letters throughout the Jiangnan region. He was renowned for his extensive library and his collection of paintings, bronzes and seals. Qu had many friends in common with Chen Mansheng, another well-established but much senior painter and carver of his day. Qu followed the tradition of Chen Mansheng by engraving personal seals on the pots commissioned by him.

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