Identification 20th Century Modern Chinese Porcelain Marks

Identify a mark by shape.

Identification 20th century modern chinese porcelain marks.

Dated 20th century chinese porcelain compilation. Chinese porcelain reign marks identification. Become familiar with marks from other asian porcelain. Porcelain with marks imitating chinese marks of the ming period were made at the arita kiln during the 19th century and possible earlier.

These can also be found on 19th and 20th century chinese porcelains. The mark is similar to mark 107 but the general looks seems to suggest macau decorated porcelain from third quarter of the 20th century. Selection of chinese porcelain marks. 1900 to 2000 january 11 2017.

Marks on chinese porcelain pieces are even and regular while marks on japanese porcelain will include an odd number and may be in different colours. Marks listed below are from antiques that are about 80 years old or older. Sei ka nensei chenghua period make 成化年製 attributed to the chinese ming dynasty chenghua period 1465 1487. This selection of marks below contains mainly chinese porcelain marks of the ming and qing dynasties and a few republic period antique marks.

Later reigns often used reign marks of earlier emperors on chinese porcelain etc. The identification and authentication of chinese porcelain is a complex process of an overall verification of a number of factors. Chinese porcelain lidded serving bowls a 20th century shape june 20 2017. 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.

This style of marking is known as zhuanshu script whereas the more traditional character reign marks are called kaishu script. Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc. Identifying chinese porcelain involves more than just knowing the mark in order to decide age and manufacturer as many novices do believe. See a comparison of chinese and non chinese marks.

Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. Reign marks can be found on chinese ceramics mainly from the early ming dynasty 15 th century through to the qing dynasty 1644. Tongzhi nian zhi da qing 1862 74 for all practical purposes i have decided to think of all hand written tongzhi marks as of the period and those who are stamped as later and usually of the guangxu period. The ogee cartouche on chinese republic porcelains 民国瓷反弧开光 june 25 2016.