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陽羨吳製 · mark readings
Read the lid and bottom together: the catalogue places 芝萊 inside the lid and 陽羨吳製 on the bottom of this chuanlu pot. They are two marks on one object.
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Start with the reading
陽羨吳製
陽羨 is Yangxian, a historical name associated with Yixing. 吳 is Wu; 製 means “made”. The wording can be read “made by Wu of Yangxian”, but it does not itself supply a full personal name. The catalogue identifies Wu Yungen; that identification is a source attribution, not something established by the four characters alone. [1]
A documented vessel
Figure 17 in the 1990 catalogue shows the pot from the Lois and Robert Kreuzberger collection. Figures 17b and 17c reproduce the two seals separately. Their locations are stated in both language versions of the essay, rather than shown in a contextual view of the opened lid and underside. No dimensions or museum accession are supplied here.
How far the evidence goes
The essay dates the pot to the 1940s; the Chinese figure caption uses the broader “early twentieth century”. Keep that difference visible. Body writing, lid seal and base seal are separate evidence: the same book discusses different people involved in writing and carving. A matching Wu seal on another vessel would not by itself establish the same maker or date. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- The Art of the Yixing Potter, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990 · Fig. 17, 17a–c · 54 (PDF 58); 67 (PDF 71)