Chinese Porcelain Marks Blue Square

Reign marks can play a pivotal role in helping to identify the period in which chinese artefacts were created.

Chinese porcelain marks blue square.

The most common marks on porcelain tend to be written in underglaze blue within a double circle. In general the marks will be red or blue and hand painted or stamped. Marks with letters are listed in alphabetical order. 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.

Chinese porcelain reign marks identification. If you see red marks the piece was likely created in the mid 19th century while pieces with blue marks were likely made later. This mark is found on a large group of blue white porcelain. This is a list of chinese porcelain pieces that have been decorated in such a way that the decoration includes a date.

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. 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 be found on chinese ceramics mainly from the early ming dynasty 15 th century through to the qing dynasty 1644. Some marks look like a circle square bird or animal shape etc.

The mark first appeared in the kangxi period and became popular in the late qing to the early republic period 1900 1950. There are about 200 new marks other chinese porcelain reports on this blog. 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. Flower balls on c19th and c20th chinese porcelain 花球 huā qiú february 9 2019.

Re shen name precious treasure. 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. A useful reference book is the handbook of marks on chinese ceramics gerald davison london 1994. Mark from a square flask with 4 landscapes by wang yeting.

Consider the color of the marks and how they were applied to the porcelain piece. Reign marks are usually four or six characters in length and can be found on the base or the side of an item.