Chinese Porcelain Marks Ming

See ming wilson rare marks on chinese ceramics london 1998 cat.

Chinese porcelain marks ming.

This is normally the first character in most ming 1368 1644 or qing dynasty 1644 1911 marks. The most comprehensive reference book on chinese reign marks is gerald davison s the handbook of marks on chinese ceramics first published in 1994. This selection of marks below contains mainly chinese porcelain marks of the ming and qing dynasties and a few republic period antique marks. 8 where a yellow glazed bowl with cranes bearing this mark is illustrated from the collection of the victoria and albert museum london.

Reign marks can play a pivotal role in helping to identify the period in which chinese artefacts were created. Chinese porcelain reign marks identification. Email ask a question service. Character 2 tells us the dynasty as ming or qing.

That means from approximately 1930 or earlier. Marks are helpful but as a general rule the last thing you should trust while trying to establishing a date on a particular piece of chinese porcelain. The shende tang was completed in 1831 thus making daoguang pieces with this mark attributable to the two decades between 1831 and 1850. 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 are usually four or six characters in length and can be found on the base or the side of an item. By a careful study of all technical and artistically features including the mark the authenticity of most chinese porcelain is possible to establish. Earlier than that porcelain did not have reign marks. Japanese and chinese porcelain marks chinese pottery and porcelain chinese imari export porcelain chinese porcelain chinese famille rose famille verte and rose medallion porcelain and an active collector forum.

The kangxi emperors name was xuanye aixin jueluo or hiowan yei aisin gioro in manchu he was born may 4 1654 as the son of the late emperor shunzhi who died in his early twenties and his mother the 14 year old imperial consort tong a concubine from the tongiya clan 1640 1663. Expert help and more than 2 500 pages with free information for collectors of antique chinese and japanese porcelain. Reign marks can be found on chinese ceramics mainly from the early ming dynasty 15 th century through to the qing dynasty 1644. This is very easy to memorize and then you will always know which way is up.

He was the second emperor of the qing dynasty to rule over all of china. 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.