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Is there somebody that is able to read this mark on our old family treasure, a chinese crowned buddha?
The letters are hard to identify, I think.

Thank you for assistance!

I believe the mark reads from the right as follows:

明帝永平三年制 (Ming Di Yong Ping San Nian Zhi), translatable as "Made in the Third Year of the Yongping Reign of Emperor Ming".

Ming Di was the posthumous reign title of Liu Yang, who succeeded to the throne on the death of his father to become the 2nd emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The third year of his rule would have been 60 A.D. This period has been referred to as the "Golden Age" of the Eastern Han.

I can't comment on your Buddha except to say it appears to be in style of the later Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Best regards,

Bill H.

Thank you, Bill. This helps me really. I appreciate your assistance. Kintsukuroi

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