Page 209 - Chinese Art, Vol II By Stephen W. Bushell

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MARKS AND SEALS. 49

2. Hall Marks.
There are many varieties of hall marks in which the characters
fang, " hiiW." chii, "retreat," chai, "pavilion," and the like occur.
They usually indicate the factory ; but some represent the studio,
or nom de plume, of the artist-decorator ; and others the hall
of the person for whom the porcelain has been made, or the im-
perial pavilion for which it was destined. A curious e.xamj)le
of the last kind is found below inscribed Ta Ya Chai " Pavilion
of Grand Culture," the name of one of the new palaces of the
Empress Dowager at Peking, in connection with her mo-'.o T'ien
ii yi chia ch'un," Springtime in heaven and earth—one family,"
which is framed with a pair of dragons pursuing the flaming jewel
of omnipotence.

t A # -f
A
t # t i
Ch'u Shun Mei YfJ
T'ang chih. "Made at
the Ch'ii Shuu (Abundant Ta Shu T'ang chih. Ch'i yu T'ang Chih.
Prosperity) Hall of Beauti- "Made at the BigT "Made at the Rare
ful Jade." Tree Hall." Jade HaU."

t A
t f^
•H
t i t ^

I Yd T'ang chih. I Yu T'ang chih. Yano Ho T'ang chih.
' Made at the Ductile '•Made at the Hall of ••Made at tlie Hall for
Jade Hall." Profit and Prosperity." the Cultivation of Har-
mony."