Red Modern Chinese Porcelain Marks

Nowadays many producers print their brand or some well wishing words on the bottom of the porcelain pieces such as 福 fu which literally means good fortune.

Red modern chinese porcelain marks.

There are about 200 new marks other chinese porcelain reports on this blog. The dates are almost exclusively given as chinese cyclical dates which are repeated in 60th year cycles without a reference to the period of the reigning emperor it is thus possible to by mistake date a piece 60 years back or forward in time. 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. Reign marks can be found on chinese ceramics mainly from the early ming dynasty 15 th century through to the qing dynasty 1644.

The most comprehensive reference book on chinese reign marks is gerald davison s the handbook of marks on chinese ceramics first published in 1994. Porcelain with marks imitating chinese marks of the ming period were made at the arita kiln during the 19th century and possible earlier. Chinese porcelain reign marks identification. Where are the marks.

Reign marks are usually four or six characters in length and can be found on the base or the side of an item. All new marks are in the proper alphabetical order but the text will be red and in italics for a short time so as to highlight the newly added marks. Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. Sei ka nensei chenghua period make 成化年製 attributed to the chinese ming dynasty chenghua period 1465 1487.

Qianlong nian zhi seems to indicate a date around 1970. The mark on antique chinese porcelain normally denoted the dynasty and the reigning title of the emperor for whom the item was made. Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc. Marks of earlier periods have been used throughout almost the history of chinese porcelain.

The similarity to mark 260. I zhongguo zhi zao china made. Mark on modern chinese porcelain spoon. Arita imitating chinese chenghua mark.

Mark on modern chinese porcelain spoon. It lists around 1 800 marks including all the major ming 1368 1644 and qing 1644 1911 dynasty imperial reign marks in addition to the many studio marks hall marks and myriad miscellaneous. Zhongguo china c. Almost at the same time that the chinese invented porcelain they also invented marks and copies sometimes to learn sometimes to honor sometimes to deceive sometimes to replace sometimes just to meet a demand.

This is a list of chinese porcelain pieces that have been decorated in such a way that the decoration includes a date.