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洪福 / 蔣楨祥造 · mark readings

Hóngfú / Jiǎng Zhēnxiáng zào

The catalogue places 洪福 on the lid of the 固盘壶 and 蒋桢祥造 on its base.

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洪福 / 蔣楨祥造

Look for the tall two-character lid impression and the square impression with four characters. The last character of the base mark, 造, means “made”. [1]

Catalogue examples

  • 固盘壶 · p. 68 (PDF 94) · Lid 洪福 · Base 蒋桢祥造

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How far the evidence goes

The plate supplies separate close-ups and the caption assigns each to a component. Identifying the person who formed this pot would require further evidence. [1]

Sources and exact locations

  1. 许四海,《吾壶四海:四海壶具博物馆藏清末民国宜兴紫砂壶百件》 · 上海文化出版社 · 2009 · ISBN 978-7-80740-462-0 · 固盘壶, p. 68 (PDF 94).