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歐正春製 · mark readings
On a Yixing sculpture of a mandarin duck, a square mark under the body reads 歐正春製, “made by Ou Zhengchun.”
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Start with the reading
歐正春製
The first three characters form the name. Look at the separate enlargement for the raised seal-script characters; the catalogue text gives their position beneath the duck.
A documented vessel
Mandarin duck · № 33 · 56–57 (PDF 58–59)
How far the evidence goes
Stamping also formed the repeated feather pattern across the bird. The catalogue distinguishes this decorative use of a stamp from the four-character impression under the body. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware (1977) · № 33 · 56–57 (PDF 58–59)