I bought this and found the following seal in the bottom of the pot:
I also found three of the characters in bottom of the lid so I'm guessing the "top right" is the name of the maker and "bottom right" + "top left" is his family name?
I can't read Chinese so I haven't had much luck in deciphering any of the characters, except for the the bottom right which looks like zheng 正 inside a (house?).
Are there any experts here who can give any more information?
Sep 9th, '10, 17:20
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Re: The seal script translation thread
许定华,Xu Ding Hua.
I have no idea who he is though. There are too many Yixing professionals.
I have no idea who he is though. There are too many Yixing professionals.
Re: The seal script translation thread
Great, thanks!
I guess it's just means "made by" or something similar but could you tell me what the fourth character is?
It's nice to have a professional translator on the forum.
I guess it's just means "made by" or something similar but could you tell me what the fourth character is?
It's nice to have a professional translator on the forum.

Sep 10th, '10, 10:55
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Re: The seal script translation thread
Tobias, in fact, I am very amateur in recognizing those chop characters. There are many styles of them and they often make me feel illiterate
So far I only have luck with probably 60-70% of the chops I've seen. 

