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匋齋 · mark readings
The Palace Museum photographs this small pot with its lid turned over. Two impressions are visible inside the lid.
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Start with the reading
匋齋
Use the vent as a landmark on the upturned lid of no. 75. There is one impression to either side, so record 匋齋 and 寶華庵製 as two readings. On no. 72 the separate text on the base starts 宣統元年, the first year of the Xuantong reign. Its date belongs with that vessel.
A documented vessel
Catalogue no. 72 reads the lid marks as 匋斋 and 宝华庵制. A separate impression on the flat base carries a date in two columns, transcribed 宣统元年月正元日. The catalogue places the vessel in the Xuantong reign. [1]
On a second pot the catalogue shows the entire upturned lid. The two impressions, 匋斋 and 宝华庵制, lie on opposite sides of the vent. No. 75
How far the evidence goes
Keep 匋 in the reading. The dated base inscription and the two lid marks belong to different parts of the object. The transcriptions follow the catalogue’s modern character forms. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- 故宫博物院编，王健华主编，《你应该知道的200件宜兴紫砂》，紫禁城出版社，2007. ISBN 978-7-80047-648-8. no. 72, p. 113, PDF 116.
- 故宫博物院编，王健华主编，《你应该知道的200件宜兴紫砂》，紫禁城出版社，2007. ISBN 978-7-80047-648-8. no. 75, p. 116, PDF 119.