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李得源 · mark readings
Look under the round body, not along the long side handle. The three characters 李得源 are incised vertically on this pot’s exterior base.
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Start with the reading
李得源
Read downward as 李、得、源, Li Deyuan. The close-up preserves part of the base boundary, and the description expressly places the writing on the bottom. A name alone does not state whether the person made, ordered or sold the pot.
A documented vessel
Jingxi Zhuni no. 241, 李得源款橫把壺, is catalogued as early Republic. Printed p. 285 is PDF p. 287. The measurements are mouth diameter 4.6 cm, body diameter 8.4 cm and handle length 8.9 cm—not overall height and width. No accession number is supplied.
How far the evidence goes
The authors report a possible dealer or shop interpretation but leave it unconfirmed. Keep that question open. The side handle is a feature of this documented red-clay pot; it does not establish a Japanese maker. Compare the full inscription, component and vessel before extending the attribution to another example. [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. · № 241 · 285 (PDF 287)