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荊溪華鳳翔製 names a place, Jingxi, and a person, Hua Fengxiang. The six-character seal appears on a square teapot.
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荊溪華鳳翔製
The six characters break into 荊溪 (Jingxi), 華鳳翔 (Hua Fengxiang) and 製 (made). 華 is the surname and 鳳翔 the given name. Compare the four characters 荆溪陈制 within the foot ring of the Palace Museum’s round pot. In that shorter version of the formula, only the surname occupies the space between the place and the verb. [1]
A documented vessel
The catalogue describes a square impression in raised seal script on the bottom of the Han Square Teapot, lent by Pei Shan T’ang. [1]
How far the evidence goes
The plate reproduces the impression separately beside a photograph of the vessel. Its position is given in the catalogue text.
Sources and exact locations
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware. China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, 1977. cat. 11 · p. 34 (PDF 36).