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大亨 · mark readings
大亨 is the two-character name associated with Shao Daheng. Begin with the documented impression: an oval lid mark in Xu Xiutang’s book and a seal photographed with a museum teapot.
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Start with the reading
大亨
The oval lid impression contains only 大亨. 邵 is the surname supplied when the catalogue names the potter. On the Beijing round pot marked 邵亮生制, by contrast, the base seal includes both the surname 邵 and the final 制, “made”. A reader can thus distinguish the characters on the clay from the fuller attribution in the caption. 邵亮生制 · 37 · 74 (PDF 77)
A documented vessel
Bulging round teapot with a photographed 大亨 seal. The catalogue assigns the vessel to the first half of the nineteenth century. Xu separately illustrates an oval 大亨 impression inside a lid. These references support the reading, not a single fixed stamp shape for every pot. [2]
How far the evidence goes
On Xu’s page the oval impression is pictured beside the lid vent. The Hong Kong plate shows the impression separately from the pot. Use Xu’s illustration for the lid position and C81.278 for the museum example of the reading. [1] [2]
Sources and exact locations
- 徐秀棠，《中国紫砂》，上海古籍出版社，1998 / 2000. ISBN 7-5325-2335-7. p. 54; PDF page 85.
- The Art of the Yixing Potter: The K.S. Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1990. ISBN 962-215-096-9. Catalogue 58, p. 171; PDF page 175. C81.278.