Mark sources cited
昌記 · mark readings
Look at the lower part of the handle: a narrow oval impression carries 昌記. On this pot, the lid and base supply three further mark locations to compare.
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Start with the reading
昌記
Read 昌記 as Changji, keeping both characters together. The contextual photograph locates the impression on the handle itself; the catalogue supplies the full reading where the worn strokes are difficult. Inside the lid beside the vent is 水平. 貢局 is incised twice: outside the lid flange and on the exterior base.
A documented vessel
Jingxi Zhuni no. 228 records a late-Qing 水平壺. The close-ups show four marked locations on this one vessel, not four separate examples. The cited leaf provides neither dimensions nor a museum accession number.
How far the evidence goes
The repeated 貢局 wording connects two components in this example, but does not establish imperial supply. 昌記 does not by itself identify a particular potter or shop. Record each location and technique before comparing another pot; a matching name alone is not proof of the same maker or date. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- 黃健亮、黃怡嘉，《荊溪朱泥：明清宜興朱泥壺研究》，盈記唐人工藝出版社，2010. ISBN 978-957-0499-19-3. · № 228 · 272 (PDF 274)