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How do I identify Chinese porcelain marks?

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How do I identify Chinese porcelain marks?
To identify Chinese porcelain marks, consult trusted online resources. Most markings on Chinese porcelain consist of four to six characters, and the last two often represent when a piece was produced. Since there is a lot of variation in the markings, looking at images shared on trustworthy websites is the best way to make an identification. Alternatively, you can use the services of a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer. On 1stDibs, explore a wide range of Chinese porcelain.
1stDibs ExpertAugust 20, 2024
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Fine Chinese Export Porcelain Plate
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a plate from China, it has been made late 19th century, very nice colors, black, brown blue. It is a canton plate.  
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelain Plate Rose Medallion Hand Painted, Qing, circa 1875
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export, porcelain, Rose Medallion dish or plate which we date to the 19th century, Qing dynasty, circa 1875. I...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Export Porcelain Plate Famille Rose Hand Painted Figures, Circa 1940s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese Export porcelain Plate which has been beautifully hand enamelled, over-glaze, in the Famille Rose palette with excellent detail, dating to Circa 1940. The mai...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Kangxi Period Chinese Plate Porcelain Blue & White Chenghua Mark, Circa 1680
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish or Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period ( 1662-1722), dating to Circa 1680 or slightly earlier This is a well potted dish with 16 lobes or ribs, a wavy barbed rim, a very well cut foot rim and a very white glaze. The plate is very finely hand painted in a free flowing style, characteristic of the period, in varying shades of a clear cobalt blue, from the very dark to the very light blue. The central well is hand decorated with an iconic outdoor...
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Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Large Dish or Plate 11+ins dia Porcelain Blue & White, Yongzheng Ca 1730
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand-painted Chinese Export porcelain blue and white, large deep plate or dish which we date to the Qing, early 18th Century, Yongzheng period, Circa 1730. The...
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Qianlong Hand Painted Porcelain Plate, 18th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional antique Chinese Qianlong porcelain plate decorated in underglaze blue and overpainted in red and green glazes with light gilding with...
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Porcelain

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Porcelain

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