Reign marks are usually four or six characters in length and can be found on the base or the side of an item.
Antique rare chinese porcelain marks.
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Chinese porcelain reign marks identification.
Mark on chinese porcelain erotic cup.
Reign marks can play a pivotal role in helping to identify the period in which chinese artefacts were created.
Porcelain marks are the fingerprints of antique china.
Write down any marks to research in guidebooks about antique porcelain.
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.
Serving as both evidence of its origin age and often times quality the makers mark on a porcelain item is the first place many collectors look before making a purchase.
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The meaning is rather abstract but can perhaps be translated as jade trinket or antique porcelain as fine as jade.
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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Antique chinese porcelain antique chinese yuan dynasty porcelain vase with phoenix qilin ducks and fish 99 000 add to wishlist this large blue and white porcelain vase is from the yuan dynasty featuring artwork of phoenix qilin ducks and fish in natural environment this large art work was painted with cobalt blue tone.
For any piece of fine china the porcelain mark is a symbol of pride in the manufacturer s workmanship.
See ming wilson rare marks on chinese ceramics london 1998 cat.
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