✅ SOLVED Please help identify Chinese brush pot

[chadkeath]

Hi and thank you in advance for any help on this piece. I am hoping someone could help with who possibly made this and age. It is marked on bottom. Has wear to the piece. And someone put little tiny felt pieces on bottom to keep from scuffing table. But I do appreciate your help.

 

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[Red-Coat]

Very nice. I can’t read the rest of the characters but the six zhuanshu (seal script) characters on the bottom are read in this order, and are for the Da Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period (1736-1795).

As far as I can tell, the pot looks to be authentic for the period, although it could be a later 19th Century piece with reproduction marks. Reproduction marks weren’t intended to deceive, but were regarded as an integral part of the artistry when a piece was copied at a later time.

 

[chadkeath]

Very nice. I can’t read the rest of the characters but the six zhuanshu (seal script) characters on the bottom are read in this order, and are for the Da Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period (1736-1795).

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As far as I can tell, the pot looks to be authentic for the period, although it could be a later 19th Century piece with reproduction marks. Reproduction marks weren’t intended to deceive, but were regarded as an integral part of the artistry when a piece was copied at a later time.

Thank you for your help. Exciting to know it’s an older piece. Again thank you.

 

[Yang Hao]

Very nice piece. Written on the outside is 《岳阳楼记》《岳陽樓記》 (Yue yang lou ji). In English "On Yueyang tower" or "Memorial to Yueyang Tower". It's an essay written by Song dynasty minister and poet 范仲淹 Fan Zhong Yan in 1045AD (1045CE).

I can't find an english translation but here is the wiki about the tower

Yueyang Tower - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Here are two sites with the essay

岳阳楼记原文、翻译及赏析、拼音版及朗读_范仲淹文言文_古诗文网

庆历四年春，滕子京谪守巴陵郡。越明年，政通人和，百废具兴，乃重修岳阳楼，增其旧制，刻唐贤今人诗赋于其上，属予作文以记之。(具 通：俱)　　予观夫巴陵胜状，在洞庭一湖。衔远山，吞长江

so.gushiwen.cn

岳陽樓記 - 维基文库，自由的图书馆

zh.wikisource.org