The base and the marks on the neck makes me think it is a recent piece but want to hear another opinions. Are the carvings real calligraphy or made up?
Thanks
Am I reading the characters on the first mark right or I am way off?
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The last one on the left is not quite the same.
It is right, but backwards.
Nowadays one writes Chinese left to right, if writing in a horizontal direction.
Note: On antique porcelain it should be right to left, if horizontal, otherwise something is fishy.
So, the mark is written vertical and should be read top to bottom, left to right ?? , correct?
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If you right it vertical in one column does it look like this?
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If I have to write it horizontal it should look like this ???? ?
I don't understand what is it about, Liu Yichang ? Would that be the name of the artist or the company?
Ok,
I found similar. I had to use simplified ???? for better search.
http://bbs.artron.net/thread-3114122-1-1.html
http://jd.cang.com/187306.html
From the comments appears to be a modern piece.
http://www.shangci.net/luntan/40035827.html
Here they are saying something about the maker being
????1896-1976? but don't know if the attribution is correct and cannot figure everything with google translator.
It says that Liu Yichang perhaps is the name of s big workshop/factory in Jingdezhen, belonging to ??? .
But the author is not sure about this. Many shops/factories/artisans of the period are difficult to document. The manufacturer obviously closed in 1976.
Thanks Peter. Do they say what year was the shop opened? There may be more examples online but that is all I found searching with the mark's script.
in few generations it will be antique