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荊溪 / 張君德製 · mark readings
Two seals occur together inside the lid of a covered bowl. The round one reads 荊溪, a place name. The square one reads 張君德製.
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荊溪 / 張君德製
Read 張 as the surname, 君德 as the given name and 製 as “made”. On this lid 荊溪 occupies its own round seal. On Bartholomew’s Han Square Teapot, the same place name opens a single six-character base inscription, 荊溪華鳳翔製. I-Hsing Ware · 11 · 34 (PDF 36)
A documented vessel
The catalogue records both impressions in raised seal script. On the plate the round impression is pictured above the square one. [1]
How far the evidence goes
The bowl was lent by Laurence Sickman. Bartholomew suggests it may have held chess pieces. It offers a comparison for the use of lid seals beyond teapots.
Sources and exact locations
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware. China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, 1977. cat. 58 · p. 83 (PDF 85).