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Default Chinese inscription on a Yixing pot - help needed

wrote:
> Hi,
> there are some characters scratched into the bottom of my favorite
> Yixing pot.
> Could anybody tell me what they mean ?
> (I have a small digital pic of that inscription, just in case).
>
> TIA,
> Karsten [N 53°13' - E 7°46']

These are commonly referred to as "Chop" marks and are a signature
of the Potter (sometimes used by the apprentice of a given Master).
Also sometimes called the "Potter's mark". See
http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/yixing.shtml for some examples of
antique potter's marks.

Mike
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