Mark sources cited
翠竹軒 / 信卿 · mark readings
Two columns on the base of a square teapot give a studio name and a signature. Begin at the top of the right column.
On this page
Start with the reading
翠竹軒 / 信卿
Read down the right side, 翠竹軒, “Emerald Bamboo Studio”, then down the left, 信卿, Xinqing. The catalogue identifies the script as regular script. Its photograph isolates the inscription.
A documented vessel
Square teapot lent by Pei Shan T’ang · No. 3 · p. 26 (PDF 28)
How far the evidence goes
The catalogue supplies the surname 陳 in discussing Chen Xinqing. Only 信卿 appears in the signature. Bartholomew leaves open whether he made this pot himself or whether it came from his workshop. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware. China Institute in America, 1977. No. 3 · p. 26 (PDF 28).