Daoguang four-character cobalt mark and a poem cyclically dated wuxu year, corresponding to 1838Of compressed tapering rectangular shape, painted in cobalt that appears black with a man fishing while balanced on the trunk of a willow tree on one face and with a poetic inscription describing the scene, with the date and followed by 'inscribed at the office of the Superintendent of Customs at Xunyang by Liu Muzhi' on the reverse side; stopper. 2 1/8in (5.5cm) high
道光 詩文署戊戌年（1838） 1838-1850 黃地瓷胎氧化藍彩漁人垂釣鼻烟壺 《道光年製》款