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Subject:Chinese blue white ginger jar red marks on sides
Posted By: billy Mon, Jan 26, 2015 IP: 68.7.41.143

This jar is missing it's top, I have never seen these with red marks on the sides, has 2 of them from what I can see, hard to make out characters, anybody know anything about this, age, markings etc.

Thank You

Billy







Subject:Re: Chinese blue white ginger jar red marks on sides
Posted By: Arjan Tue, Jan 27, 2015

Hi Billy,

The red mark seems a rubber stamp version of a "Jian ding" which is an export approval marking. Mostly executed as a sealmark but in (f.i.) Guandong(Canton) a rubberstamp version was also used since 1949 and on.

Regards,

Arjan

Subject:Re: Chinese blue white ginger jar red marks on sides
Posted By: peter Wed, Jan 28, 2015

This type is also commonly called a wedding jar because of the character. 19th century, usually attributed to Jiaqing or Daoguang reign.

Subject:Re: Chinese blue white ginger jar red marks on sides
Posted By: billy Wed, Jan 28, 2015

A 19th century wedding vase, Thank You. I have it listed on ebay as a ginger jar with red seal marks. Is it a valuable piece or not ?

Subject:Re: Chinese blue white ginger jar red marks on sides
Posted By: Arjan Fri, Jan 30, 2015

Hi all,

It isn't a vase ... it's a jar and original there should be a lid on it as you can see on the picture. Because of the characters on it (2 times the character for happiness) This decoration is often called "double happiness" . I also include a picture of a vase with this decoration.

Regards,

Arjan





Subject:Re: Chinese blue white ginger jar red marks on sides
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Jan 31, 2015

Compared to the examples shown by Arjan, with their crisp decoration, there's a great amount of "flow" to the blue in the main pattern, as well as an anomaly in the geometric diaper at the shoulder. These issues suggest your jar may be transfer-decorated, thus are no older than the early 20th century or possibly made much later. Modern porcelain-painting studios are not beyond faking the red inspection marks to suggest greater than actual age in their products.

Best regards,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: Chinese blue white ginger jar red marks on sides
Posted By: billy Mon, Feb 02, 2015

Thank You all, I got great information now. I am so glad I didn't pay a lot for it now.


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