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桂林 · mark readings
桂林 is a personal-name seal associated with Feng Guilin in these sources. On the museum teapot it accompanies a separate dated stamp; the name and the date should be recorded separately.
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桂林
A cylindrical pot lent by I. M. Pei gives an explicit placement: Bartholomew locates 桂林 inside the lid and 甲戌年置 on the base. She interprets 甲戌 as 1874. The Hong Kong catalogue interprets the cyclical year on C81.289 as 1934 and shows its seals in separate details without locating them. The same cyclical designation recurs every sixty years.
A documented vessel
Tall cylindrical teapot. Catalogue no. 86 photographs 桂林 beside a separate stamp containing 甲戌, interpreted there as 1934. Xu Xiutang shows several 桂林 impressions. The date belongs to this recorded vessel; it is not the beginning or end of the name seal’s use, nor is 桂林 here evidence of the city of Guilin. [2]
How far the evidence goes
Xu Xiutang’s seal chapter supplies a comparison for the named maker; the museum catalogue links readings to an identified vessel. This supports the documented association. It does not authenticate another pot carrying the same characters. [1] [2]
Compare the complete vessel, the position of every mark, its dimensions and stroke structure, and the collection history. Keep a catalogue’s date, an inscription’s date and a maker attribution distinct. Repeated publication of the same object is not independent provenance.
Sources checked for this entry; not an authentication service or a complete inventory of this maker’s seals.
Sources and exact locations
- 徐秀棠，《中国紫砂》，上海古籍出版社，1998 / 2000. ISBN 7-5325-2335-7. p. 57; PDF page 88.
- The Art of the Yixing Potter: The K.S. Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1990. ISBN 962-215-096-9. Catalogue 86, p. 199; PDF page 203. C81.289.
- Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware (1977) · 23 · 46–47 (PDF 48–49)