Lot 180. An inscribed Yixing teapot, signed Wu Changshuo, dated to gengzi cyclical year, corresponding to 1900; 7 in. (17.8 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000. Price realised HKD 562,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

Well potted with an ovoid body and a c-shaped handle, the exterior is decorated with a scholar seated under a pine tree. The reverse is incised with a poetic inscription, signed Wu Changshuo.

Literature: Shahu xuancui, Shanghai, 2008, p. 182.

Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, Hong Kong, 6 April 2015