Hello,
please, could you help me identify these vases? There are a lot of signes of age, but I am not sure about the period and I would like to know, if it's possible, something about the writing/poems.
Thank you in advance,
Simonne
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Style: http://www.chinese-antique-porcelain.com/qianjiang-porcelain.html
Year written on vase: 1890
Mark: Tongzhi (the Tongzhi reign mark was used both during the Tongzhi and Guangxu reigns)
Painter: signed Rudan, actual name: Lei Gui-quan, qianjiang style painter of the Guangxu reign.
Thank you, Peter!
Best regards,
Simonne
Hi Peter, the mark looks like it was stamped and not hand signed, when did they start stamping the marks on porcelain?
As far as I know large scale use of stamped marks started in the Tongzhi reign. Most Tongzhi marks from private kilns I have seen are red, stamped marks.
However, individual marks were stamped with seals at least as early as the Qianlong dynasty, as far as I know. Then they were probably only few.
Thanks for explaining that, I thought stamped marks were from the later periods.