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荊溪美玉 · mark readings
An overturned pot shows the square seal 荊溪美玉 at the centre of its base.
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荊溪美玉
Read the words in pairs. 荊溪 is an older name for Yixing. 美玉 means fine jade. The catalogue relates that praise to the fine texture of the red clay. [1]
A documented vessel
On no. 119, the photograph of the inverted pot establishes the position. In the enlargement next to the lid photograph, the four seal-script characters stand in relief. [1]
How far the evidence goes
Compare 玉珍寶玩 on no. 73. Both inscriptions draw on the language of precious things, but the impressions have different outlines and different wording. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- 黃健亮、黃怡嘉，《荊溪朱泥：明清宜興朱泥壺研究》。盈記唐人工藝出版社。ISBN 978-957-0499-19-3. No. 119 · p. 163 (PDF 165) · No. 73 · p. 117 (PDF 119).