Dating chinese pottery

How to date 20th century pieces

Get your item identified today! Name of each Emperor is highlighted in red. Additional antique and modern Chinese porcelain marks, as well as various pseudo-Chinese marks can be found at the bottom of this page. Last update: June Chinese reign marks are read in columns, right to left and top to bottom. Mark on the left is written in traditional kaishu script while the mark on the right is written in stylized zhuanshu seal script. Chinese reign and seal marks on porcelain are usually hand-written in underglaze blue or over the surface of the glaze in iron red pigment. Later 19th and 20th century marks are sometimes printed using rubber stamp in either red or blue. Use our identification service to find out whether your item is a genuine antique or just a reproduction. We are a member of eBay Partner Network.

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Chinese porcelain regularly fetches record prices at auction—whether it dates from as far back as the Qing dynasty or closer to today. These kinds of random encounters with Chinese ancient art are certainly the exception, not the norm. The very earliest pieces date back to before the 2nd millennium. China first exported it to the world via the Silk Road. Chinese porcelain was and still is in some areas made entirely by hand in small family-run workshops. The materials that go into making this ancient Chinese art have changed little over the centuries. During various dynasties, they might include:.

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Antique Chinese Pottery And Porcelain Identification

Learning how to date Chinese porcelains requires a solid understanding of many elements that makes up a piece. From shapes, to glazes, marks, colors, painting styles and those unglazed foot rims. In this post we're going to focus on the later. Including examples from the later Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty.

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