Mark sources cited
陽羨惜陰室王 / 寅春 · mark readings
On the flattened pot, compare the rectangular impression underneath with the smaller mark on the lower handle. The base reads 陽羨惜陰室王; the handle reads 寅春.
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Start with the reading
陽羨惜陰室王 / 寅春
The six-character wording joins 陽羨, Xiyinshi 惜陰室 and 王, while the separate handle mark supplies 寅春. Read the complete combination rather than shortening the base to “Wang”. On no. 244 an overturned-pot photograph locates the base impression; its enlargement makes the lettering clearer. The handle close-up shows the mark on the handle itself, not below it on the body.
A documented vessel
Jingxi Zhuni no. 244, printed p. 288/PDF p. 290, is 5 cm high and 10 cm wide. No. 245, printed p. 289/PDF p. 291, is a different pot, 5 cm high and 9.7 cm wide. Both are catalogued as early Republic. The second repeats the readings, but its large-mark crop does not establish a base position; only the lower-handle location is shown in context.
How far the evidence goes
The catalogue associates the pair with Wang Yinchun. That source attribution is distinct from authenticating any pot with matching words. No. 245 supports repetition of the wording, not a second independently photographed base placement. Keep that difference visible when comparing the two examples; do not transfer dimensions or photographic evidence between them. [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，2010. ISBN 978-957-0499-19-3. · № 244 · 288 (PDF 290); № 245 · 289 (PDF 291)