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Subject:Yixing teapot marks identification
Posted By: Casey Walters Wed, Dec 11, 2019 IP: 2600:1700:c9d0:18b0:
Hello all,

Frequent visitor of the forum but have yet to post. Your insight would be appreciated on this yixing teapot. It has a 12 character rectangular impressed mark as well as an impressed square mark under lid. Incised decoration and calligraphy plus an illegible red triangular mark in ink. I would be curious about your thoughts on this piece. Thank you for your time with my piece and all others who post on here. Kind regards, Casey







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Subject:Re: Yixing teapot marks identification
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Dec 12, 2019
Inscription on the side,
山静泉清　茗茶　清...
Quiet mountains clear spring - Ming Tea - Clear..
Mark under the lid,
孟臣　-　Mengchen
Long mark on the bottom,
大明天啓甲卯
荊谿恵孟臣製
Great Ming Empire, during the Reign of *Tianqi in the Year of Wood-Rabbit,
In Jingxi (Old name of Yixing) made by Hui Mengchen

*Tianqi: Title of reign 1621-1628 of Zhu Youjiao, 15the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty

There is a slight problem with the Wood-Rabbit Year. It simply doesn't exist in the lunar calendar, designated by the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches - a fictitious year.
This is questioning the authenticity of the pot.

Hui Mengchen was a famous potter during Tianqi and Chongzhen emperors.The business started by Hui was continued by his descendants until the 19th C. The pots have the words made in Jingxi bu Hui Mengchen
embossed in the bottom.

With regards,
I.Nagy

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