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肆筵設席 · mark readings
The square impression on the base reads 肆筵設席. Beneath the handle is a much smaller mark that the catalogue transcribes as 玉.
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Start with the reading
肆筵設席
The four characters occur together in Xingwei in the Greater Odes of the Book of Songs. The line describes spreading mats to seat guests. [2]
A documented vessel
On no. 115 the photograph follows the base up to the lower handle. The square base seal is easier to distinguish than the faint handle character, for which the catalogue gives the reading. [1]
How far the evidence goes
No. 118 also carries 玉 at the handle, alongside a different base inscription, 玉川珍. Recording both locations distinguishes the two pots. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- 黃健亮、黃怡嘉，《荊溪朱泥：明清宜興朱泥壺研究》。盈記唐人工藝出版社。ISBN 978-957-0499-19-3. No. 115 · p. 159 (PDF 161) · No. 118 · p. 162 (PDF 164).
- 《詩經·大雅·行葦》