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吉壺 · mark readings
吉壺 means “auspicious vessel.” On a brick-shaped teapot, these two raised characters sit inside a double-gourd outline.
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Start with the reading
吉壺
Read the two characters vertically inside the gourd outline, 吉 above 壺. Follow the inscription to the other surfaces: the catalogue places 彭年 below the handle and records the mark 宜園 under the lid. The text on the side imitates an ancient brick inscription. Its date belongs to the model being copied. [1]
A documented vessel
Bartholomew locates the impression on the base. The upper plate shows the pot beside a separate detail of the seal. [1]
How far the evidence goes
The catalogue associates 吉壺 with the patron who commissioned the pot. It records a separate 彭年 mark beneath the handle.
Sources and exact locations
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware. China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, 1977. cat. 18 · p. 42 (PDF 44) · plate (upper) · p. 43 (PDF 45).