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FURTHER QIANLONG SEAL COMPARISONS WITH OBSOLETE CHARACTER,(qiao)

by Andrew

Hi Peter,
I read again your interesting article on the false expert assumptions in the case of genuine Qianlong seals...I tried to find the link again but am lost!
Peter, could you analyse this mark for me as I think it reinforces similarities in other qianlong seal forms you encountered in the past, which have been denounced as FAKE, by one so called expert etc.
AN idea of which water character seal version on this mark & any other thoughts you have, would be greatly appreciated,
yours sincerely,Andrew.

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Jun 13, 2013
 other types of quianlong seals and backwards 2 seals .
by: Peter

Hello and I to have gone through a simular experience but have been inquiring about I believe is a 1700 century chinese vase with a very unique seal .I had sent the information to Christys in New York they looked at it and apraised it at xxx,xx to xxx.xx and itold them I was going to continue to seek other opinions .
However, a collector at a Beverly Hills said very negative feed back but wanted me to leave vase with him . Can I send a photo of seal to you for your expert advice/ input of seal to see if it is worth the time .

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Aug 20, 2012
 'He' instead of 'Quian' again
by: Underclassy

Hi!
I've just inherited a chinese pot, an orange glazed amphora with a pale turquoise inner. It also has the weird error on the cartouche on the bottom. The 'quianlong' bit appears to be a '2' rather than a '5'. Otherwise it seems textbook. It appears to be painted in red, though is very angular and precise. There is no bounding box, it sits within a square of missing turquoise glaze. There seem to be a number of sightings though they are rare it would seem, though i've seen numerous other deviations from the official 'stamp'.
Could it be a fake or modern copy? - something about it does seem so 'right', amateur though I am.
Could post a pic if I could work out how...
Any advice gratefully received.

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Just follow the instructions word by word and make a new submission; that will do. There are fields for uploading pictures shown during the input.
Nov 21, 2011
 My emperial seal
by: Allen

My Chinese friend told me this mark on this enameled palace size bowl was made for royal family, and the value of such item is higher than non-royal qianlong mark. Is that true?
p1.la-img.com/1174/26694/10272739_8_l.jpg

I doubt that the mark at above link is what your friend thinks, namely an imperial mark. Just that there is a character in the mark that means it was made for the palace does not mean the item is genuine imperial ware. It could be an apocryphal mark on a later item.
Qianling imperial marks were mostly in blue and very carefully handwritten in Zhuanti characters, not stamped.

Peter
Aug 08, 2011
 Andrew still the novice I think.
by: Andrew

Hi Peter,
thanks again for the clarification.
I really only possess one book on Oriental ceramics by Hobson & the rest of my info(not knowledge) I try to accept in good faith from the internet, my only accessible source of info.
I guess I have to figure which bits of info are credible & which are not.
Apart from that there is always the local auction house where caveat emptor reigns supreme & I am there sometimes in those dark murky waters.
Thankyou for your acknowledgement of me, but really I have a long way to go, but believe being limited in many capacities, one can only go so far.
yours sincerely,
Andrew.
PS: looking forward to your insight in the images of the vase I posted, hope I,m not too far off the mark, any reaction most welcome from you as always.
Aug 08, 2011
 marks etc.
by: peter

Hi Andrew,
Please don't get confused by the .... "reign mark". Some people seem to call this a "period mark", but the Chinese literally means "year recording mark".

As the reign name was used for year notation in ancient times, the reign in which an item was supposedly made was used by both private kilns, and almost always, by the imperial (official) kiln in the mark. It follows that the marks which are called reign marks are used does not mean the items having them are necessarily imperial or made for the court.

If something is "of a reign" (or of the period) it means the item was supposedly made during the reign which the marks states, not later (unless it is an apocryphal mark). It does not say, however, whether it is a private kiln or imperial item.
Usually the "imperial" is added just for that purpose, to clarify that it was made in the imperial kiln.

I don't know if I explained that sufficiently clear, I hope I did, but just let me know if it is still confusing; I will elaborate ...
Aug 08, 2011
 REPLY TO PETER
by: Andrew

Reply to Peter,
about this iron red seal mark....sorry Peter, you are right, I had 2 webpages open & mixed the comms.
earlyming.com is the site I was looking at as you say, and it was there that I was able to find comparable Qianlong reign marks in similar seal forms as mine, that in fact are genuine older Qianlong reign period marks.
Reading about this information then, could you answer me what is the difference between an Imperial Qianlong reign seal mark & a genuine Qianlong reign seal mark, termed as such,by earlyming.com, as in the case of the seal mark with backward 5....is the difference that one is of the period only, but not Imperial as well?
I will add some images of the particular vase concerned.
humbly yours,
Andrew, still the novice.

No need for that "novice", Andrew. I know that you know considerable more than many other collectors.
Peter
Aug 07, 2011
 Qianlong mark
by: peter

Hi Andrew,
I'm not sure what you are referring to, but maybe you followed a link on the site to earlyming.com?

Basically, this one is possible as a Qianlong period mark, in my view, but the mark cannot be from imperial ware.
The third character 'qian' (middle top) has a left and a right part, and on the bottom of the left part you can see a character part that looks like a '2'. While this way of writing is possible, with imperial wares this small part looks like a '5' (mirror image of the former). I was told this is ALWAYS the case. Apart from that I cannot comment anything on this mark.
This being from a minyao (or private kiln), the variations in marks is much larger than imperial marks. There are sometimes abbreviations in strokes, etc., thus with private kilns it is difficult to judge from that if it is a period item.

Most Qianlong marks are in blue, handwritten, but there are a few in red too. There are even stamped red seal marks, but they seem to be rare also. There are always exceptions to the rule.

Better upload images of the item to make sure what or from when it is.

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