<p>These characters seem like <strong>the seal scripts(a Chinese calligraphic style from over 2800 years ago)</strong>. So it may a little bit difficult to find out the current character today of these ancient characters.</p>
<p>The first character was rare to see and I don't know which character that evolved from it.</p>
<p>Then the second. The second had a <strong>left-right structure</strong>, and <strong>the right was 力 in seal scripts</strong>:</p>
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<p>So we should try to <strong>find out the character with 力 in seal scripts and a left-right structure</strong>, and we got this one: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/XEQ6Q.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/XEQ6Q.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p><strong>The third had a <strong>艸</strong> on the top, and it could be tranformed to <strong>艹</strong> today</strong>. So we could search out characters with 艸 in seal scripts and 艹 in Chinese to compare the seal scripts to modern Chinese. So we could search out the character 花 and its own face <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KEUUi.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KEUUi.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a> (by the way, <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/QDj0F.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QDj0F.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a> was just the correct character that 花 in seal scripts. For <strong>structural complexity</strong> and <strong>recognizability</strong>, artists today may more often <strong>use the structure of mordern Chinese with strokes in seal scripts style</strong>).</p>
<p>The forth. Because <strong>characters in seal was always used to recorded who made the thing the seal attached</strong>, <strong>the last character was always 制</strong> which meant 'making sth'. Searching 制 in seal we could get this character:<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/BCKFa.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/BCKFa.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>So these characters could be &quot;<strong>？勤花制</strong>&quot;. Then according to <strong><a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/users/18338/droooze">dROOOze</a></strong>'s comment, the answer may be <strong>高勤花制</strong> which means <strong>the people 高勤花 made the teapot</strong>.</p>

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Thanks so much 
R Harvey 
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<p>I wonder if anyone could translate this seal on this Yixing teapot! Thanks</p>
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"X勤花製", from a quick Google search the only artist that comes up is 高勤花. I struggle to interpret X as 高, the closest I can think of is taking the top part of 京 off.
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Thank you so much!
R Harvey 
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I have a Yixing teapot I would love to understand the seal
# I have a Yixing teapot I would love to understand the seal

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-04-22)

I wonder if anyone could translate this seal on this Yixing teapot! Thanks

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "X勤花製", from a quick Google search the only artist that comes up is 高勤花. I struggle to interpret X as 高, the closest I can think of is taking the top part of 京 off.  
> **username_0**: Thank you so much!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-04-23. Score: 1

These characters seem like **the seal scripts(a Chinese calligraphic style from over 2800 years ago)**. So it may a little bit difficult to find out the current character today of these ancient characters.

The first character was rare to see and I don't know which character that evolved from it.

Then the second. The second had a **left-right structure**, and **the right was 力 in seal scripts**:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/WK3i2.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/WK3i2.png)

So we should try to **find out the character with 力 in seal scripts and a left-right structure**, and we got this one: [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/XEQ6Q.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/XEQ6Q.png)

**The third had a **艸** on the top, and it could be tranformed to **艹** today**. So we could search out characters with 艸 in seal scripts and 艹 in Chinese to compare the seal scripts to modern Chinese. So we could search out the character 花 and its own face [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KEUUi.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KEUUi.png) (by the way, [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/QDj0F.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/QDj0F.png) was just the correct character that 花 in seal scripts. For **structural complexity** and **recognizability**, artists today may more often **use the structure of mordern Chinese with strokes in seal scripts style**).

The forth. Because **characters in seal was always used to recorded who made the thing the seal attached**, **the last character was always 制** which meant 'making sth'. Searching 制 in seal we could get this character:[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BCKFa.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/BCKFa.png)

So these characters could be "**？勤花制**". Then according to **[username_1](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/users/18338/droooze)**'s comment, the answer may be **高勤花制** which means **the people 高勤花 made the teapot**.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks so much   

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