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Chinese Porcelain Marks

There are virtually thousands of Chinese porcelain marks. It is impossible to provide any sufficient number of mark samples for those of you looking for porcelain marks to compare with any marks that you may have on your antique China porcelain.



The Chinese porcelain marks on this page will hopefully increase over time. This selection contains mainly marks of the Ming and Qing dynasty, and republic period antique marks.

Need to know the reign names of Chinese emperors for researching Chinese porcelain marks? Compare the Chinese characters in your antique pottery and porcelain marks to the
reign names of the Ming and Qing emperors in Chinese.

  A. .....................................................................................................
29th century factory mark20th century Chinese porcelain mark
Jiangxi Jingdezhen porcelain mark20th century Chinese porcelain mark
Mark: Jiangxi, Jingdezhen 

20th century cock plate mark20th century mark
20th century Chinese porcelain mark
Early republic period
Mark: Huang Fu-xing Hao
Shop or hall mark 
Chinese potter's mark Early republic period
Mark: "Made by Wang Yong Shun
Chinese porcelain mark - Jiangxi factory mark1912-1948
Jiangxi factory mark (Republic)
Rubber stamp porcelain mark
Dayitang - Republic HallmarkRepublic period
Mark: Dayitang
 B.   ...................................................................................................
Guangxu reign markGuangxu
Mark: "Guangxu Nianzhi"
Lingzhi fungus markLingzhi fungus mark on a Guangxu period plate Pictorial marks were mainly used in the Ming dynasty and the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty, but normally they were in blue
Mark on Guangxu period dishMark on a Guangxu period dish Typical Kangxi period mark used on Guangxu porcelain, late Qing copy of early Qing
Chinese porcelain mark
Guangxu reign markMark on a Guangxu porcelain dish     see above
Late Qing dynasty mark Mark on a Guangxu period dish This mark was used during the Yuan dynasty and Ming Yongle reign; however, this one
here is a late Qing copy of the mark
Guangxu Nianzhi markMark on a Guangxu period plate
(Da Qing Guangxu Nianzhi)
Fangge scratch markLate Qing dynasty.

Mark content:  "Chenghua Nianzhi" (Chenghua reign).

Frequently found on old Fangge porcelain copies made in the late Qing or early republic period.
This specific type of vase is frequently encountered among late Qing and early republic porcelain.
Sometimes the characters are not readable.

double ring markGuangxu: double ring mark  (period item)
Guangxu underglaze blue markGuangxu period mark
  C.  ..................................................................................................
Late Qing stamped porcelain markLate Qing round stamped mark
Late Qing stamped porcelain markMark: Da QingTwo-character mark of Guangxu reign
19th century copy of Kangxi period markLate Qing
"Da Qing Kangxi Nianzhi"
19th century copy of Kangxi mark
Faux Kangxi mark from Guangxu periodGuangxu period
(Faux Kangxi mark)
  D.  ..................................................................................................
Tongzhi porcelain mark19th century
Tongzhi reign mark
Tongzhi mark
Tongzhi (1862-1874)
Mark:  Tongzhi Nianzhi
Tongzhi reign markTongzhi reign mark
  E.  ..................................................................................................
Daoguang Nianzhi MarkMark: Daoguang NianzhiItem could be Tongzhi/Guangxu made
Daoguang Red Seal MarkMark: Daoguang NianzhiItem could be Tongzhi
Jiaqing period markJiaqing
Mark: Da Qing Jiaqing Nianzhi
Jiaqing markJiaqing (1796-1829)
Jiaqing reign markJiaqing (1796-1829)

Qing mark with double ring Chinese porcelain mark with frame and encircled by double ring
Qing dynasty
Characters: "Yu Yuan  Zhen Cang"
Chinese double ring mark detail of above mark
Lian Zhon San YuanMark:
Lian Zhong San Yuan
Auspicious mark
  F.  ...................................................................................................
Qianlong period markMark: Daqing Qianlong Nianzhi
Qianlong period markMark: Daqing Qianlong Nianzhi
Qianlong reign markMark: Qianlong Nianzhi
Qianlong 24th year markMark:
Qianlong 34th year
(year given in Chinese numerals)
Qianlong blue Fangge ware markMark: Qianlong Nianzhi(blue Fangge crackle ware)
Shizhen_18th_century_mark18th century mark
Mark content: Shizhen
sandai markMark: Daqing Kangxi Nianzhi
18th century
(probably Qianglong item)
Kangxi reign mark18th century, Kangxi
Mark: "Kangxi Nianzhi"
Kangxi four character markMark: Kangxi Nianzhi
Kangxi Nianzhi mark with double ringKangxi period
Mark: "Kangxi Nianzhi" in double ring
Kangxi leaf and double ring markKangxi pictorial mark
Leaf & double ring mark
Kangxi leaf markKangxi leaf mark
Kangxi pictorial markKangxi pictorial mark with double ring
Kangxi yantai markMark:
"Wenxun"
Made (purchased) 12th year of Kangxi
ink-stone mark
Kangxi period faux Ming markMark: Daming Chenghua Nianzhi, but Kangxi period
Early Qing Reign MarkEarly? Qing mark
G.  ....................................................................................................
Chinese porcelain mark of the Ming dynasty
Ming dynasty
Mark: Fu
        (good fortune)
Daming Nianzao
Ming dynasty
Mark: Daming Nianzao
(Made during the Ming years)
Ming Dynasty markMing dynasty mark


Ming underglaze blue markMark: Daming Nianzao with double ring
Wanli reign Wanfu-Youtong markMing dynasty, Wanli reign
Mark: Wanfu Youtong
Ming Wanli - Changming-Fugui markWanli reign
Mark: Changming Fugui
Ming Longqing reign markMing dynasty
Mark: Longqing 3rd year
(in Chinese numerals)
Ming Jiajing, Tianxia Taiping markMing dynasty, Jiajing reign
Mark: Tianxia Taiping
Ming dynasty mark, used in several reignsMing dynasty
Mark: Lu
Auspicious character mark used over several reigns
Ming Jiajing markJiajing reign
Mark: Shangpin Jiaqi
Auspicious content mark
chenghua underglaze blue markMark: Chenghua Nianzhi(on crackle ware)
Ming Dynasty Xuande reign markMing dynasty
Mark: Xuande Nianzao

 updated 2010/07/09  
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