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Re: Advice on Mark please

Posted By: tony bonn
Posted Date: Mar 04, 2009 (07:26 PM)

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although late 20th C. porcelain makers may have made prodigious use of the boxed reign mark there are ample examples shown on michael vermeer's site - www.teadust.com - which demonstrate notable use of boxed reign marks in both red and blue during the qianlong reign showing again that generalizations must be treated with caution and circumspection. which in this case means that just because something appears in one era does not mean that it does not appear in another - that's merely logic 101.

i will also jump on my soapbox about the common insistence that reign marks not created with utmost hygiene, impeccable calligraphyship, and perfect symmetry are frauds is indeed quackery. any casual observance of even the vaunted yongzheng reign marks show variations and what could be described as flaws. thus never accept the notion that something is fake or not of the period simply because some fastidious standard of production is not met. usually those generalizations are by people lacking astute observational skills or having limited exposure to chinese porcelains. people are not machines and qualities will vary from piece to piece to piece.

now, after stepping off of my soap box and considering the evidence of the artistic work, my opinion is that the vase is c. 1900 give or take. i don't consider myself an expert by any means but that would be my final answer absent a life line call. i do not think that it is late 20th C. but i could easily change my mind with better pictures or handling of the vase.

on the other hand, even if it turns out to be recent, it is well done - it is a quality production.

many late guangxu and early republic pieces have been deaccesssioned from museums once they learned that their alleged kangxi and qianlong pieces were in fact late 19th / early 20th C.

any way, i consider myself a novice in chinese porcelains and anything i say must be considered in that light.

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