Mark sources cited
榮卿 · mark readings
Lift the lid of the round teapot in catalogue no. 26. The two recessed characters inside read 榮卿, Rongqing.
On this page
Start with the reading
榮卿
Read down the single column, 榮 above 卿. Bartholomew describes an impressed mark in regular script and locates it inside the lid.
A documented vessel
round overhead-handle teapot · № 26 · 50 (PDF 52)
bamboo teapot · C81.347 · № 70 · 116 (PDF 122)
How far the evidence goes
The Hong Kong catalogue photographs the same reading on a different pot with a bamboo body and braided overhead handle. Bartholomew places the name on the lid of the Lo bamboo pot and a square rat and Thai numeral mark on its base. The Hong Kong catalogue dates that bamboo pot to about 1892. [1] [2]
Sources and exact locations
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware (1977) · № 26 · 50 (PDF 52)
- 宜興紫砂陶器 / Yixing Purple Clay Wares (1994) · № 70 · 116 (PDF 122)