An imperially inscribed blue and white 'Mount Hui Temple' teapot and cover, Seal mark and period of Qianlong | 清乾隆 青花御題詩烹茶圖闊底壺 《大清乾隆年製》款

An imperially inscribed blue and white 'Mount Hui Temple' teapot and cover

Seal mark and period of Qianlong

清乾隆 青花御題詩烹茶圖闊底壺 《大清乾隆年製》款

the domed body rising to an elongated waisted neck and flared rim, set with an upright curved spout opposite an elegant loop handle, each side with a rectangular panel enclosed within scroll borders, one panel finely painted with a scene of two gentlemen enjoying tea in a temple accompanied by an attendant near a brazier and a second attendant offering a scroll to one of the gentlemen, amidst a walled garden with craggy rocks and two tall pine trees, the moon gate revealing the horizon beyond, further trees peeking out from behind the garden confines, the other panel inscribed in kaishu with an eight-verse poem titled Brewing tea on the bamboo brazier at the Temple for Listening to Pines at Mount Hui inspired by the Ming verses and the paintings of Wang Fu, composed by the Qianlong Emperor and ending with two mock seals reading Qian Long, both panels reserved on a dense ground of stylized leafy arabesque scrolls interspersed with bats and flowers, the cover similarly decorated, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue (2)

御題詩文：

惠山聽鬆庵用竹爐煎茶因和明人題者韻即書王紱畫卷中

纔酌中泠第一泉 惠山聊復事烹煎 品題頓置休慚昔 歌詠膻薌亦賴前

開士幽居如虎跑 （音趵） 舍人文筆擬龍眠 裝池更喜商丘犖 法寶僧庵慎棄全

印文：

乾 隆

Width 7 in., 17.8 cm