logo for chinese-antique-porcelain.com
Home
Blog / Forum
Glossary
.............................. Ancient China Trade
Image Gallery
Marks
Authentication
Cyclic Calendar
Chinese Calendar
History timeline
Ming-Qing Emperors
Major Collections
Porcelain Age Signs
Reproductions
Fake Antiques
Buying Antiques
Value of Antiques
............................... E-Book
Porcelain Care
China Repair
............................... Chinese Zodiac
Chinese Tea Culture
Search
Sitemap
............................... Privacy Policy
Contact
About

[?] Subscribe To This Site

XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines

LEFT for chinese-antique-porcelain.com

Chinese Blue and white porcelain plate

by dimitar
(Denver )

Hello I was wondering if anyone of you can recognize this marking on a handpainted blue and white porcelain plate or if possible date it! I really appreciate your help!

Comments for
Chinese Blue and white porcelain plate

Click here to add your own comments

plate
by: peter

Hi, I had a look at the pictures and it still looks Japanese.
The mark is written in a very shoddy manner. I don't know what to think about that, but it confirms that it is only for decoration.

Chinese Plate
by: Dimitar

Hello and thanks for your fast reply and expertise! As you can imagine the first thing I did is to google Chenghua and look for a similar mark and the ones from that period look slightly different. I will post some direct links to Photobucket pictures so you can see it better. All I can see is that is all hand painted, the glaze looks thick and porous. Also there are few brownish rusty spots under the gleze that look like defects. Could it really be that old? Here are the pictures:


Thanks in advance!

plate
by: peter

Hello,
This probably is also Japanese. Although the details aren't visible in these pictures, the shape and decorative design is atypical for Chinese porcelain, but would be perfectly normal with Japanese items.
There is a Chenghua mark at the bottom, but it should be spurious. Older Japanese porcelains often have copies of Chinese marks.

Click here to add your own comments

footer for antique Chinese porcelain page