Consider the color of the marks and how they were applied to the porcelain piece.
Identification blue chinese porcelain marks.
Marks listed below are from antiques that are about 80 years old or older.
Selection of chinese porcelain marks.
In general the marks will be red or blue and hand painted or stamped.
See a comparison of chinese and non chinese marks.
This selection of marks below contains mainly chinese porcelain marks of the ming and qing dynasties and a few republic period antique marks.
Identifying chinese porcelain involves more than just knowing the mark in order to decide age and manufacturer as many novices do believe.
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.
Chinese porcelain reign marks identification.
This mark is found on a large group of blue white porcelain.
The identification and authentication of chinese porcelain is a complex process of an overall verification of a number of factors.
Offered here is an attempt to identify some of the marks on mostly late.
The mark first appeared in the kangxi period and became popular in the late qing to the early republic period 1900 1950.
Marks of earlier periods have been used throughout almost the history of chinese porcelain.
Later reigns often used reign marks of earlier emperors on chinese porcelain etc.
Mark on chinese porcelain erotic cup.