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正貢局 / 合成 · mark readings
Lift the lid and compare its two surfaces. On the three-footed pot, 正貢局 is incised outside the flange, while 合成 is impressed inside the lid beside the vent.
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Start with the reading
正貢局 / 合成
Keep the three-character 正貢局 distinct from the two-character 合成. Beneath the pot is a square dragon device. The catalogue calls that picture 龍印, “dragon mark”; these are not two characters written on the vessel, and the device is not identified here as an imperial reign mark.
A documented vessel
Jingxi Zhuni nos. 231 and 232 are two distinct late-Qing examples. No. 231 has an overhead handle, the flange inscription and a dragon device on its base; height 17 cm, width 22 cm. No. 232 adds the inside-lid 合成. Its underside detail includes a foot, locating the dragon device beneath the body. No dimensions are supplied for no. 232.
How far the evidence goes
The photographs connect the named readings to particular components. They do not establish the identity of a workshop called 合成 or prove imperial supply through 正貢局. Compare inscription, impression and pictorial device separately; neither a shared dragon nor similar wording guarantees one maker. [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. · № 231 · 275 (PDF 277); № 232 · 276 (PDF 278)