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Subject:chinese mark information desired
Posted By: yurike Mon, Mar 04, 2019 IP: 71.121.170.65 Good evening forum |
Subject:Re: chinese mark information desired
Posted By: mikeoz Tue, Mar 05, 2019 A nice YiXing tea caddy. The mark reads Gu Zi Ni Fang Yang. |
Subject:Re: chinese mark information desired
Posted By: Bill H Wed, Mar 06, 2019 The large circular mark has two large seal script characters at either side, which are read together from the right as "Jixiang" (吉祥 - "Auspicious"). Then the center stack reads down from the top in seal script as "Zini Fang (紫泥坊 - Purple Mud Workshop). The two seal script characters in the double-gourd reserve are a bit indistinct but seem to be "Shun Xing" (順倖 - Favorable and fortunate". |
Subject:Re: chinese mark information desired
Posted By: yurike Wed, Mar 06, 2019 Thank you MikeOZ and Bill H for your replies. I did find a link to an auction at Christies for a very similar tea caddy from the early 20th century. Do you think my caddy is older or newer? The mark on the newer one does differ in character placement from the mark on mine. Not what sure what that would mean. |
Subject:Re: chinese mark information desired
Posted By: yurike Thu, Mar 07, 2019 link attached |
Subject:Re: chinese mark information desired
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Mar 07, 2019 The Christie's tea caddy showed at least a modicum of wear and enough differences in color to suggest age. Yours looks very fresh and uniformly darker than the Christie's example. While looks can be deceiving, on the surface your caddy looks to be newer. |
Subject:Re: chinese mark information desired
Posted By: mikeoz Wed, Mar 06, 2019 Dear Bill, |
Subject:Re: chinese mark information desired
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Mar 07, 2019 Mike Oz, don't feel bad. My best trick to translating some of this stuff is first to decipher the most obvious characters, then Google-search them using asterisks to nail the ones I can't fathom. Seems like there's always a sale or forum discussion somewhere in China when it comes to pottery and porcelain wares with Yixing and older Jingdezhen marks. |
Subject:Re: chinese mark information desired
Posted By: Yurike Thu, Mar 07, 2019 Dimensions are 5.5" height by 3.25 tapering to 2.5" each side. |
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