Chinese Four Character Rare Chinese Porcelain Marks

Mark on chinese porcelain erotic cup.

Chinese four character rare chinese porcelain marks. Selection of chinese porcelain marks. From imperial marks to the many hall and auspicious marks used by scholars collectors potters and artists this is the essential book for all professional buyers collectors and. Philip s bond street chinese and japanese porcelain 19th november 1999 lot 6. Zhuanshu or seal form imperial reign marks found favour during the yongzheng period 1723 1735 and were used throughout the 19th century the six character daoguang period mark above belongs to a blue and white stem cup and is written in zhuanshu reading da qing daoguang nian zhi or made in the great qing dynasty during the reign of the daoguang emperor 1821 1850.

This selection of marks below contains mainly chinese porcelain marks of the ming and qing dynasties and a few republic period antique marks. Reign marks can play a pivotal role in helping to identify the period in which chinese artefacts were created. Chinese porcelain reign marks identification. Rare marks on chinese ceramics london 1998 cat.

All four character kangxi marks without borders are from and around the guangxu 1875 1908 period when four character kaishu marks were widely used. They can be made up of four to six chinese characters in kaishu normal script or zhuanshu archaic seal script zhuanshu was developed from bronze inscriptions and stylized into a form of calligraphy the first two characters of six character reign marks consist of the name of the dynasty for. Reign marks are usually four or six characters in length and can be found on the base or the side of an item. The john drew collection.

A rare ming porcelain dish four character longqing mark and of the period. Chinese ceramics often have a reign mark on the base indicating the date the object was made. The only genuine four character kangxi nian zhi marks is done within a double line square border and used exclusively for palace workshop decorated wares the highest level of imperial porcelain. But these are not marks proper but rather part of the signatures of porcelain artists.

Later reigns often used reign marks of earlier emperors on chinese porcelain etc. Decorated with three chilong dragons in blue and white the center with anhua decorated lingzhi fungus. Inscriptions and marks of varying types appeared on chinese pottery and porcelain with increasing frequency from the tang dynasty 618 906 ce through to the republic in the early years of the 20th century. This four character mark means plain and simple made in china written in chinese.

Your guide to antique pottery marks porcelain marks and china marks chinese porcelain reign marks in the world of ming and qing dynasty art knowing how to look at a reign mark is a key asset for any collector specialist or enthusiast to correctly identify the date and the value of a piece of chinese porcelain.