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Chinese Vase | Asian Antiques645 of 1887 |  |  |
Posted 7 months ago
AndreBarto…
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I just inherited this beatiful chinese jar. It's about 30 cms high. It has an inscription on top of the vase saying 1506 - Ming Chen
Any knowlegde you can share with me about it's origins would be deeply apreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
André Bartolomeu
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Hi, the mark on the base, when rotated 180 degrees, reads top down and right to left: Great Ming (the dynasty) and Cheng Te (the reign, 1506-1521). The reign is also written as Zhengde. The vase, a very nice piece, is not from the period, probably early 20th century. Regards, Jim
Hello again, forgot to mention, and this might be of interest to you, these are imperial dragons, indicated by five claws. Subsidiary dragons were allowed no more than four. Best wishes, Jim
Thanks jwendell222 for adding to my knowledge on this vase. I will add another one i inherited as well. Would be very grateful if you can comment on the new post i'll put in a moment. Many thanks!
HI Guys
Just one thing to be very careful of is that imperial reign marks are never, ever easy to tell if the piece was indeed made in the reign of referred to as MARK and PERIOD. This is an incredibly difficult area of Chinese ceramics where many modern pieces (19th century) and onwards were direct copies of earliers PERIOD pieces, made to venerate and honour the skill and brilliance of their forefathers. Things such as glaze, design, motifs and even brush strokes need to be taken into consideration in attributing a piece to be mark and period. Jwendell222 is indeed right as the 5 toed Dragon was always indicative of the Emperor and an imperial connection of some sort. This does not necessarily mean that this is indeed an imperial item but a great example none the less
Dean
Thank you Dean for the explanation!
HI Andre
No problem at all
Dean