Help identifying seals on a ribbed/lobed Yixing teapot (qinghuini?)
Hi everyone,
I’d really appreciate help identifying the seals on this teapot and getting a general opinion on it. I have a few other Chinese teapots I’d like to research as well, and learning to read these seals myself would be a great starting point.
Here’s what I can describe:
Shape: ribbed / lobed body, looks like a jinwenqi, possibly a Ju Ban Hu or Gua Leng Hu style.
Clay: matte grey-blue, possibly qinghuini (青灰泥) or minguo lü (民国绿).
Seals: one large rectangular seal with multiple columns of seal script (zhuanshu) under the base and inside the lid, plus a smaller oval seal next to it. There is also a seal inside the lid near the air hole.
Filter: single round hole at the spout base.
Origin: inherited from a distant uncle, so I don’t have any background on when or where it was acquired.
I’d love to know:
1. What do the seals actually say? (Artist name, studio, poem, etc.)
2. Does this look like a workshop piece, a semi-handmade pot, or something more serious?
3. Any rough idea of period (modern, 80s-90s, older)?
Photos attached: full pot, base seal, lid seal (outside), lid seal (inside), interior view, spout filter.
Thanks a lot for any insight!