Mark sources cited
石窗山房 · mark readings
On a drum-shaped teapot, two seals play different roles. 石窗山房 names a studio. 東石 is the potter’s name as it appears on the handle.
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Start with the reading
石窗山房 / 東石
Follow 東石 from the short impression at the foot of the handle into the longer text on the body. The body inscription explicitly credits him with making the pot. It provides the evidence for that role. The four characters 石窗山房 on the bottom, by comparison, give the studio name. 阿曼陀室
A documented vessel
Bartholomew describes a square seal in raised small-seal script on the bottom of the pot and the impressed 東石 at the base of its handle. Both are pictured. The pot, lent by Ch’in Hsien, measures 5.6 cm high and 15.9 cm long. [1]
How far the evidence goes
An inscription on the body names 東石 as maker and gives 己卯八月, the eighth lunar month of the year identified as 1879. The catalogue identifies the potter as 王東石. The surname 王 is supplied by the catalogue and does not appear in the handle mark.
Sources and exact locations
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware. China House Gallery, China Institute in America, New York, 1977. Catalogue 24 · p. 48 · PDF page 50