Japanese Rare Chinese Porcelain Marks

Philip s bond street chinese and japanese porcelain 19th november 1999 lot 6.

Japanese rare chinese porcelain marks.

Sei ka nensei chenghua period make 成化年製 attributed to the chinese ming dynasty chenghua period 1465 1487. The position of the mark would depend on the piece itself but generally speaking for vessels like vases bowls or plates it can be found on the base but there are instances where pieces bear a single line mark to the rim or even on the interior. See more ideas about pottery marks pottery chinese pottery. Reign marks are not limited to chinese porcelain they can be found on anything from jades to lacquerware from bronzes to cloisonné enamels.

The content of those marks remained the same over the centuries. Porcelain with marks imitating chinese marks of the ming period were made at the arita kiln during the 19th century and possible earlier. By 1653 the first shipload of blue and white ware ranging from jugs and tankards to vases and apothecary bottles departed from nagasaki on ships bound for europe and a new japanese industry was born. It is 20th century and could quite possibly be a japanese mark imitating a chinese.

Guest gray also deals in antique japanese porcelain lacquer metalwork and ivory. An item with such a name mark usually means that it either is an old chinese item made for the japanese market or that it was made in japan itself most likely in the 19th century or later. Decorated with three chilong dragons in blue and white the center with anhua decorated lingzhi fungus. Transformed style of seal mark hard to make out the meaning but could be hall of hundred tortoises.

The collection largely consists of chinese porcelain and works of art from the han through to the qing dynasties with a particular emphasis on ming ceramics kangxi blue and white porcelain famille verte porcelain and famille rose porcelain. The marks do only appear on later japanese porcelain and on chinese export porcelain destined for japan. Arita imitating chinese chenghua mark. In 1650 the dutch east india company first shipped cobalt blue paint to the artisans of japan who carefully copied the designs most popularly used in chinese import porcelain.

A rare ming porcelain dish four character longqing mark and of the period. Mark on chinese porcelain erotic cup. I can not tell you how to identify chinese porcelain pieces with a 100 accuracy via this article but i can show you certain traits symbolism commonly used on chinese porcelain that will hopefully help you identify or understand the meaning of symbols used in chinese porcelain production.