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吳德盛 / 金鼎商標 · mark readings
Compare 岩如 lid marks with two shop marks, then the distinct 吳德盛製 base and 耀庭 lid pairing on C81.290.
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吳德盛 / 金鼎商標
商標 means “trademark”. On the bell-shaped pot, look for the round device with a central emblem when matching 金鼎商标 to the caption. The square detail belongs to the lid. On the second pot the lid still reads 岩如, but the base now names 吳德盛. [1]
Catalogue examples
- 金钟壶 · p. 86 (PDF 112). Lid 岩如 · Base 金鼎商标
- 汉均壶 · p. 88 (PDF 114). Lid 岩如 · Base 吴德盛
How far the evidence goes
The catalogue essay names Wu Hanwen in its account of the shop. The round emblem and the shop-name inscription are separate designs. The plates do not establish a registration date or identify the hand that formed either pot. [1]
A different lid companion: 耀庭
The four-character 吳德盛製 adds 製, “made”, to the shop name. Catalogue no. 81, accession C81.290, pairs this bottom stamp with 耀庭 on the lid. Do not transfer 岩如 from the two earlier examples to this pot.
The 1990 catalogue illustrates a rectangular pot with bird-and-flower decoration cut through black slip. Its essay explicitly gives the bottom/lid locations; the plate reproduces the impressions separately. It does not specify which face of the lid bears 耀庭. Recorded height is 15.5 cm and width 7.1 cm; the width label is not defined as a span including handle and spout.
The source associates the pot with Hu Yaoting and the shop with Wu Desheng. It separately records body writing 岐陶 and 漱石氏 and interprets 壬戌 as 1922. Those body inscriptions are not extra lid or base seals. Keep the source’s allocation of roles separate from what the shop stamp itself says; a matching trade name does not authenticate another pot.
Another lid name beside the trademark: 國良
Compare a third arrangement: the polished six-petalled pot in the Qinxuan Collection has 國良 inside the lid and 金鼎商標 on the base, according to the 1990 catalogue. This is neither of the 岩如 examples nor the 耀庭 pot above.
Figures 11 and 11a show the vessel and a separate trademark detail. English and Chinese prose explicitly give both locations; no close-up of the 國良 lid impression is supplied. The figure caption dates the pot to the early twentieth century, but gives no accession or dimensions.
國良 is already documented with a different base reading, 慈斋, on another pot. Here the new evidence is the particular pairing, not a new name. Do not transfer the date or measurements of the award pot discussed nearby in the essay to this private-collection example.
Sources and exact locations
- 许四海，《吾壶四海：四海壶具博物馆藏清末民国宜兴紫砂壶百件》 · 上海文化出版社 · 2009 · ISBN 978-7-80740-462-0 · p. 86 (PDF 112), 88 (PDF 114) · 13 (PDF 20).
- The Art of the Yixing Potter, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990 · № 81 · C81.290 · 194 (PDF 198); 51 (PDF 55).
- The Art of the Yixing Potter, Hong Kong, 1990 · Figs. 11–11a · 50–51 (PDF 54–55); 65 (PDF 69)