Help identify mark on china vase please

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Permalink Reply by maggie on February 9, 2018 at 20:57

A quick on line search shows that it is Chinese and could be the mark of Qianlong period.

Half way down the page below.

http://www.christies.com/features/Reign-marks-on-Chinese-ceramics-A...

It is not necasarily of that period even if marked so, as many used earlier marks out of respect of predecessors (and cheating) read

http://antique-marks.com/reign-marks-on-chinese-porcelain.html

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Permalink Reply by j jones on February 9, 2018 at 21:20

Thankyou very much ...

still a bit of a puzzle, as the vase seems quite contemporary ... maybe it's just used as a sort of generic sign for chinese vases :)

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Permalink Reply by Graham Charnock on February 16, 2018 at 0:27

That's from the Wang Chung dynasty. It's worth several millions. But seriously, many Chinese marks from early dynasties were forged by more recent manufacturers. (I've watched Flog It! you know).

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