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豫豐 · mark readings
The Sihai catalogue places Yufeng on the lid of a small overhead-handled pot. A gourd-shaped impression is shown beside the caption.
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Start with the reading
豫豐
The small gourd-shaped impression in the plate for the overhead-handled pot is the lid mark 豫豐. To see the accompanying base wording more clearly, turn back one object to the duckbill pot. Its detail shows 宜興松亭自造. It provides a comparison for those six characters on the base, while the evidence for 豫豐 comes from the first pot. [1]
Catalogue examples
- 小号寿星提梁壶 · p. 58 (PDF 84). Lid 豫丰 · Base 宜兴松亭自造
- 鸭嘴壶 · p. 56 (PDF 82). Base 宜兴松亭自造
How far the evidence goes
The base reading comes from the caption. A different pot in the Irving sale catalogue has two gourd stamps on the cover and a Chinese–Manchu shop seal underneath. These accompanying marks belong to that particular pot. [1] [2]
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. 58 (PDF 84), 56 (PDF 82).
- Christie’s · The Irving Collection · 7