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嘉慶年製 · mark readings
Turn over this small round teapot and look inside its shallow foot ring. The catalogue transcribes four characters there as 嘉庆年制.
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Start with the reading
嘉慶年製
Read 嘉庆 as Jiaqing, the reign name, and 年制 as “made during the reign”. The museum describes the lettering as regular script. The plate shows the mark separately above the vessel.
A documented vessel
宜兴窑小圆壶 · No. 51 · p. 88 (PDF 91) · 故00157150
How far the evidence goes
The catalogue dates this particular pot to the Jiaqing reign and records it among the former Qing palace holdings. The wording gives a reign name rather than a potter’s name. Another pot with the same words needs its own provenance. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- 故宫博物院编，王健华主编，《你应该知道的200件宜兴紫砂》。紫禁城出版社，2007。ISBN 978-7-80047-648-8. No. 51 · p. 88 (PDF 91) · 故宫博物院 · 故00157150.