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Shíyīng

A vessel modelled as a pine trunk served as a brush washer. Its base carries a two-character signature, 時英.

On this page

Start with the reading

時英

Read the vertical line from top to bottom, 時 then 英. The close-up shows characters cut in regular script. The catalogue text places them on the base.

A documented vessel

Pine-trunk brush washer · № 43 · 66–67 (PDF 68–69)

How far the evidence goes

Bartholomew identifies Shiying as a name used by Jiang Bofu. The inscription supplies the two characters; the connection with the potter is the catalogue’s attribution. The lower photograph on the facing page shows the brush washer alongside the detail. [1]

Sources and exact locations

  1. Terese Tse Bartholomew, I-Hsing Ware (1977) · № 43 · 66–67 (PDF 68–69)