Hi Stan, Peter,
I got this fish cup recently.
I've seen the decoration before, always listed as 19th century with various marks.
This one has a 4 character mark.
The first and 3th character look like the Kangxi characters but the second and fourth not so much.
Is this a variant of a Kangxi 4 character mark and 19th century?
Thanks in advance!
Kind regards,
JJ
1 more pic of the decoration
It looks to me like someone could not write Chinese, it almost looks like marks you see on Japanese porcelain trying to copy a Chinese mark, the Japanese wrote some of their marks with a slang or so sloppy it makes it unreadable. I do not see Kangxi though, I think Peter will have a better answer.
It says Kangxi all right, Stan. The character writing style is different but does exist.
This looks like export, but the foot rim has a worm back. Probably Guangxu reign.
Hey Peter,
Thanks a lot.
Very good to know!
Kind eegards,
JJ