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']

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
http://www.pu-erh.net

On 27 Mar 2006 10:52:45 -0800, wrote:

>(I have a small digital pic of that inscription, just in case).

Hey Karsten, if you send me the pic, I might be able to decipher it,
with some sort of software and a lot of guessing. Of course, it would
be easier for someone who knew the characters.

Ian
--
http://sundry.ws/

Its usually a 4-character set written in old "bird" script and consists of
name of the master or/and the name of the factory/studio. In some cases
words "zisha, China" are used. Knowing normal (brush (stroke)-based) script
does not help much and bird script dictionaries are rare and lack
systematic graphic search system. Despite the fact that "bird" script makes
much more sense graphically and logically than the stroke-based, its usage
is mostly confines to chops.
If you send me the pic, I may be able to help.

Sasha.


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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']