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錦堂 / 錦堂發記 · mark readings
Lift the lid and look at its vertical flange: 錦堂 is incised there. Turn the pot over and the longer name 錦堂發記 appears on the base. Two catalogue pots preserve this pairing.
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Start with the reading
錦堂 / 錦堂發記
The shorter wording is on the outside of the flange that fits into the mouth, not on the flat underside of the lid. On no. 223 the base inscription reads down the right column 錦堂, then down the left 發記. Both components carry incised writing rather than an impressed seal.
A documented vessel
Jingxi Zhuni nos. 222 and 223 are distinct late-Qing pots in the catalogue: the first has a broad hat-like lid, the second a different profile. No. 222 is 7.3 cm high and 11.6 cm wide; no. 223 is 6 cm high and 11.7 cm wide. The component photographs and descriptions document the pairing on each. No. 222 shows the base in context; no. 223 provides a closer lettering crop, whose base placement is stated by the catalogue.
How far the evidence goes
The repeated combination is stronger evidence for a shared label than a single isolated name, but it does not identify an individual potter. The catalogue tentatively links it to ceramics traded to Southeast Asia. Retain that qualification: these two vessels do not independently establish a shop address or prove that every 錦堂 inscription has the same origin. [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，2010. ISBN 978-957-0499-19-3. · № 222 · 266 (PDF 268); № 223 · 267 (PDF 269)