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Keiun
桂雲The foot bears a written mark rather than a stamp.
At a glance
- Art name
- Keiun 桂雲
- Observed form
- Two characters cut into the foot, no frame — 桂雲
- On the pot here
- A square, the green glaze breaking over blue
01 · 落款 The mark
桂雲, cut into the foot
Cut with a point, not stamped
The foot bears a written mark rather than a stamp. 桂雲 — Keiun: two characters, one above the other, cut into the foot with a point. There is no frame.
One practical consequence. A stamped mark is the same on every pot; a cut one is not. Two Keiun feet will not match stroke for stroke, and should not be expected to.
Nothing in the romanisation chooses the characters either. Three names that read Keiun are 桂雲, 敬雲 and 圭雲. The foot decides.
Available
Keiun pots in the collection
Each pot ships worldwide from Tokyo.
Because the marks are cut rather than stamped, a photograph taken with the light raking across the foot reads far better than one lit from the front.