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Antique Chinese Ceramics => Chinese Ceramics Discussion => Topic started by: calder on Aug 13, 2014, 06:44:42

Title: Ceramic Chinese character ?
Post by: calder on Aug 13, 2014, 06:44:42
Hi any Ideas what this would be off?
Or age?
Would it be a personal seal mark?
Title: Re: Ceramic Chinese character ?
Post by: calder on Aug 13, 2014, 06:46:46
Sorry  forgot to mention that the picture is the front and back of seal.
Title: Re: Ceramic Chinese character ?
Post by: calder on Aug 13, 2014, 07:01:23
Hi have included a mirror image so hopefully can be read.
Title: Re: Ceramic Chinese character ?
Post by: peterp on Aug 13, 2014, 08:07:04
Thought this might be a chess piece, but the character does not fit.
The blue and white could be a family name: Fang, while the other may be a personal name.
The carved part is a stamp added to something.
Looks like Qing dynasty to me.
Title: Re: Ceramic Chinese character ?
Post by: calder on Aug 13, 2014, 17:40:57
Hi Peter thank you  for your help.
It steered me in the right direction.
THAILAND/SIAM Porcelain Gaming Token.
Link below if interested

http://dniewcollectors.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/world-tokenssiamese-porcelain-tokens.html.
Title: Re: Ceramic Chinese character ?
Post by: peterp on Aug 14, 2014, 08:42:44
Indeed it looks the same. One learns all the time with Chinese ceramics!
I will have to look into this. As the writing is in Chinese it is to be assumed that this was mainly used by local Chinese; but if made in China, there could be the possibility that these were used in other places too?
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