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Subject:Help with mark on Yixing tea pot
Posted By: sylvia Wed, Nov 18, 2020 IP: 75.162.117.51

Could anybody tell me what does the mark say and when this teapot was made? I placed the mark both ways because I don't know how it's supposed to be. Thank you in advance!
Kind regards,
Sylvia





Subject:Re: Help with mark on Yixing tea pot
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Nov 19, 2020

This appears to be the seal-script mark of Chen Mingyuan, who worked at Yixing during the Kangxi-Yongzheng period. Original pots by Chen are few and far between nowadays except in museum and other major collections, although they occasionally are featured in sales by principal auction houses. Serious Yixing collectors in the forum will be able to comment further,

Best regards,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: Help with mark on Yixing tea pot
Posted By: Sylvia Fri, Nov 20, 2020

Thank you so much Mr. Bill H for taking your time to answer me. I shall wait for other specialists to comment if they would like to share their expertise? I would really like to know if it's a contemporary replica or not.
Kind regards,
Sylvia

Subject:Re: Help with mark on Yixing tea pot
Posted By: mikeoz Sat, Nov 21, 2020

It's a pity you didn't share a picture of the pot itself.

But looking at seal impressions of genuine pots by Chen MingYuan, the mark here is different, if similar. The form of the characters is close, but a skilful seal carver could carve a stone as close as that to the original.

But more importantly, all the full name seals I could find were based on a square format not a circle.

It is not uncommon to find modern teapots with marks in the name of some famous pot maker of history. These are sometimes referred to as homage pieces. This does not necessarily mean the pot is less well made, but rather shows respect for the older master's work.

Subject:Re: Help with mark on Yixing tea pot
Posted By: Sylvia Sat, Nov 21, 2020

Thank you very much for the info. Attached is a picture of the teapot.
Kind regards,
Sylvia



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