A complete guide to antique pottery marks porcelain marks and china marks.
Antique rare chinese porcelain marks.
Reign marks are usually four or six characters in length and can be found on the base or the side of an item.
The mark first appeared in kangxi but has been used well into the 20th century.
Write down any marks to research in guidebooks about antique porcelain.
Mark on chinese porcelain erotic cup.
Chinese porcelain reign marks identification.
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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.
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The meaning is rather abstract but can perhaps be translated as jade trinket or antique porcelain as fine as jade.
Porcelain marks are the fingerprints of antique china.
Reign marks can play a pivotal role in helping to identify the period in which chinese artefacts were created.
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But these are not marks proper but rather part of the signatures of porcelain artists.
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For any piece of fine china the porcelain mark is a symbol of pride in the manufacturer s workmanship.
Some chinese antiques porcelain marks or pottery marks contain dates of the chinese 60 year cyclic calendar but these are actually quite rare cyclic calendar dates started to appear mainly on qianjiang style dated porcelain in the second half of the 19th century.
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