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陳蔭千製 · mark readings
Two bamboo-shaped teapots bear the same four characters on their bases: 陳蔭千製, “made by Chen Yinqian.”
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陳蔭千製
Read 陳蔭千 as the name and 製 as the verb. Bartholomew places the square, raised seal on the base of the Harmon loan and shows an enlarged impression beside the pot.
A documented vessel
Bamboo teapot · № 25 · 49 (PDF 51)
How far the evidence goes
Taipei’s National Palace Museum records a square seal on the exterior base of a second pot. It dates its example to the Qianlong period; Bartholomew assigns the Harmon pot to the nineteenth century on stylistic grounds. [1] [2]
Sources and exact locations
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware (1977) · № 25 · 49 (PDF 51)
- 國立故宮博物院 · 紫砂竹節提梁壺 · 故瓷006545N000000000