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MARK ON THE CHINESE PLATE

by mona
(beirut lebanon)

Hi Peter, I took a pix of the back of the plate I put last week for your kind consideration. the mark looks like strokes.sorry I cannot remove the wire holding it. it seems there is a little flower on the back too as you can see. Thank you for dating the plate it measures 10" across.Mona

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Jan 25, 2011
 longlife character plate
by: peter

Mona,
This is a "Shou" (or Long Life) character plate. The central round blue decoration depicts the character for Long Life. These plates were made in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The mark of this one seems to place it in the Jiaqing reign (1796-1820). This is a guess because the mark looks like if it were from that reign. It is not fully visible because of the metal strip.

The central character medallion is somewhat unusual. The lines are round while they are usually drawn in straight lines at ninety degree angles. Also, there are two characters in the center which aren't there, normally.
Do a Google image search with this: "寿字盘"
and you will find many similar plates.
Jan 25, 2011
 plate
by: peter

Mona,
No, don't remove it. I will try first to find out what it is. Looks similar to another type of plate, but the center is different.

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