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1750-1850 精雅淺黃玉王羲之侍童鼻煙壺一件
Wang Xizhi (王羲之, 303–361) is considered to be among the greatest of China's calligraphers. His biography, noted in the official history of the Jin 晋 dynasty (c. 265–420) mentions his calligraphic skill and love of geese. For the price of writing a copy of Laozi's Daodejing for a local Daoist priest, Wang received a flock of geese that he coveted and came to treasure. Most depictions of Wang show him watching geese from a riverbank or being offered a goose by his servant or the priest.