Chinese Ceramic Marks Porcelain

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 ceramic marks porcelain.

The marks listed below are grouped as far as was possible in a logical order with similar signs graphics shapes etc grouped together. Reign marks can play a pivotal role in helping to identify the period in which chinese artefacts were created. In china porcelain marks or pottery marks on antiques had mostly a different purpose and way of expression than those used in the west since at least the 17th or 18th century. Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc.

The shende tang was completed in 1831 thus making daoguang pieces with this mark attributable to the two decades between 1831 and 1850. 8 where a yellow glazed bowl with cranes bearing this mark is illustrated from the collection of the victoria and albert museum london. Chinese porcelain reign marks identification. This selection of marks below contains mainly chinese porcelain marks of the ming and qing dynasties and a few republic period antique marks.

Selection of chinese porcelain marks. Identify a mark by shape. 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 common marks on porcelain tend to be written in underglaze blue within a double circle.

See ming wilson rare marks on chinese ceramics london 1998 cat. Marks found on chinese ceramics are significantly different from those on european antique ceramics. 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. Marks listed below are from antiques that are about 80 years old or older.

A collection of pottery marks using photos and images from our antique collection for easy reference and as a quick guide to the possible attribution of your latest porcelain collectible or pottery marks. Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. A useful reference book is the handbook of marks on chinese ceramics gerald davison london 1994. Later reigns often used reign marks of earlier emperors on chinese porcelain etc.

Reign marks should be studied alongside the many different variations of hallmarks auspicious marks potters marks and symbols that you find on the bases of chinese porcelain throughout the ages.