Antique Rare Chinese Porcelain Marks

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.

Antique rare chinese porcelain marks.

Mar 18 2015 explore sandi logan s board collection of porcelain pottery makers marks followed by 367 people on pinterest. A complete guide to antique pottery marks porcelain marks and china marks. The mark first appeared in kangxi but has been used well into the 20th century. 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.

But these are not marks proper but rather part of the signatures of porcelain artists. Porcelain pieces that say english bone china or bone china are not considered antique but were made after 1891 with the majority of modern pieces manufactured in the 20th century. Also including antique periods and styles as well as trademarks company histories for doulton worcester meissen wedgwood troika and artists markss. Mark on chinese porcelain erotic cup.

See ming wilson rare marks on chinese ceramics london 1998 cat. See more ideas about pottery makers makers mark pottery marks. Porcelain marks are the fingerprints of antique china. Reign marks are usually four or six characters in length and can be found on the base or the side of an item.

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. The meaning is rather abstract but can perhaps be translated as jade trinket or antique porcelain as fine as jade. Write down any marks to research in guidebooks about antique porcelain. 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.

Chinese porcelain reign marks identification. Reign marks can play a pivotal role in helping to identify the period in which chinese artefacts were created.