Mark sources cited
志進 · mark readings
The gold-painted bamboo form catches the eye first. The two-character 志进 mark is less conspicuous: the catalogue records it inside the lid.
On this page
Start with the reading
志進
Read the catalogue’s 志进 as Zhijin; 志進 is its traditional-character form. The page reproduces a detached, rounded oblong mark illustration. The closed vessel photograph does not show the lid interior, so that placement rests on the written description.
A documented vessel
Palace Museum catalogue no. 88 describes a bamboo-bundle pot, dated to the late Qing and listed as formerly in the Qing court collection. Bamboo sections shape its body, lid, knob, spout and handle; the catalogue distinguishes the zisha body from its painted gold decoration.
How far the evidence goes
The two characters supply a reading but no surname or securely identified person. They do not establish who formed the ceramic body and who applied the gold decoration. Keep those production roles open when comparing another 志进 mark; similar wording is not evidence of one maker or one stamp. [1]
Sources and exact locations
- 故宫博物院编，王健华主编，《你应该知道的200件宜兴紫砂》，紫禁城出版社，2007. ISBN 978-7-80047-648-8. № 88 · 129 (PDF 132)