I’m watching this because I found a pot stamped : 大明 宣徳 年制: and am trying to find out more about it. A Facebook commenter wrote out the Chinese letters and said they mean: “Great Ming Xuande years made.” Will enjoy learning more from your videos, Peter. (Have watched quite a few ceramic ones)
I was wondering Mr. Combs if you could do similar videos, with an educational bent, on Chinese lacquerware and Yixing teapots....not a lot of information on the english internet about these two fields. I recently found a "Han dynasty" lacquerware winged cup. Visually it looks identical to the real thing, and I have no way to authenticate it. I have also accumulated a small collection of Yixing teapots of varying quality....yet cannot identify the marks or the artists. Very frustrating not knowing who made them.....but I have absolutely fallen in love with these little treasures.
Hi Don, We've a Iist of topics for future video's incIuding Yixing, a coupIe years ago we soId a fairly Iarge coIIection of them and as a result a good image archive to draw from. As for lacquerware, we can add those as weII, its a good idea. On the topic of Yixing, there aren't many books in English identifying the potters despite the growing popuIarity. I do wish GeraId Davidson wouId do one comparabIe with the updated voIume on marks on porceIain. Thank you, Peter
I have a small bronze goblet that was dug up on my Grandfathers sugarcane farm near Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. I’ve always been curious how old it is , do you have any idea how I can find out more information on this item ?
Good information, as it answered some of my questions; thank you Peter. I had wondered how the gold was applied, but I see below that it was "rubbed" on, so that makes sense. I see a lot of these in heir's collections, especially missionaries who lived in China during the first quarter of the 20th century. Thank you.
Excellent as usual Peter. I really enjoyed and learned a lot. Were these censers used for homes or for temples or both. I would assume that they would have used these much like we do air freshener today? I wish that you could do an episode on bases and stands. Thanks for your time.
Incense is burned for a pretty wide variety of reasons from being aesthetic to reIigious purposes, to medicaI treatment and in ceremonies to venerate ancestors. Its' been used in China since around 2200 BC. I shouid have probabIy mentioned that in the video...Best, Peter (Giad you enjoyed it)
Hello! Beautiful video! I have a very large old incense burner that has been in my family for a very long time. There is a stamp mark on it. How could I learn more about it?
It's applied goId Ieaf, done pretty much in the same manner as it's done in the west, then rubbed in..The term "SpIashed" has more to do with the visuaI affect.
Hi Peter, I just found this video on youTube with two very authentic looking censers which have 德. Are these reproductions then? Could you take a look? Thanks. ua-cam.com/video/7kjj7TpVGpQ/v-deo.html (at 1:30).
@@mikesmith7107 Do you have pictures of Xuande censer of Taipei Palace Museum ? I can tell you how to verify from 4 ( only one is real, 3 fakes). Of course you need to have sense of beauty to appreciate its beauty.
Similar work is also being done on the composition of porcelain. The baseline compositions, for example, Ming and early Qing porcelain are different than modern examples. All interesting stuff. Best Peter
Thank you Peter.
I’m watching this because I found a pot stamped : 大明 宣徳 年制: and am trying to find out more about it. A Facebook commenter wrote out the Chinese letters and said they mean: “Great Ming Xuande years made.” Will enjoy learning more from your videos, Peter. (Have watched quite a few ceramic ones)
I was wondering Mr. Combs if you could do similar videos, with an educational bent, on Chinese lacquerware and Yixing teapots....not a lot of information on the english internet about these two fields. I recently found a "Han dynasty" lacquerware winged cup. Visually it looks identical to the real thing, and I have no way to authenticate it. I have also accumulated a small collection of Yixing teapots of varying quality....yet cannot identify the marks or the artists. Very frustrating not knowing who made them.....but I have absolutely fallen in love with these little treasures.
Hi Don, We've a Iist of topics for future video's incIuding Yixing, a coupIe years ago we soId a fairly Iarge coIIection of them and as a result a good image archive to draw from. As for lacquerware, we can add those as weII, its a good idea. On the topic of Yixing, there aren't many books in English identifying the potters despite the growing popuIarity. I do wish GeraId Davidson wouId do one comparabIe with the updated voIume on marks on porceIain. Thank you, Peter
I have a small bronze goblet that was dug up on my Grandfathers sugarcane farm near Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. I’ve always been curious how old it is , do you have any idea how I can find out more information on this item ?
Good information, as it answered some of my questions; thank you Peter. I had wondered how the gold was applied, but I see below that it was "rubbed" on, so that makes sense. I see a lot of these in heir's collections, especially missionaries who lived in China during the first quarter of the 20th century. Thank you.
Excellent as usual Peter. I really enjoyed and learned a lot. Were these censers used for homes or for temples or both. I would assume that they would have used these much like we do air freshener today? I wish that you could do an episode on bases and stands. Thanks for your time.
Incense is burned for a pretty wide variety of reasons from being aesthetic to reIigious purposes, to medicaI treatment and in ceremonies to venerate ancestors. Its' been used in China since around 2200 BC. I shouid have probabIy mentioned that in the video...Best, Peter (Giad you enjoyed it)
Hello! Beautiful video! I have a very large old incense burner that has been in my family for a very long time. There is a stamp mark on it. How could I learn more about it?
Me too
Peter has the gold been splashed on or is it applied gold leaf?
It's applied goId Ieaf, done pretty much in the same manner as it's done in the west, then rubbed in..The term "SpIashed" has more to do with the visuaI affect.
Hi Peter, could you tell me, which of the two charakters (德 and 徳) is correct for the Xuande mark? Or maybe both are possible? Thank you.
The second mark is correct, not the first. The first has an added line which is incorrect for the period. Best Peter
Hi Peter, thanks a lot!
Hi Peter, I just found this video on youTube with two very authentic looking censers which have 德. Are these reproductions then? Could you take a look? Thanks.
ua-cam.com/video/7kjj7TpVGpQ/v-deo.html (at 1:30).
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None is real xuande incenser. So far only two geninue xuande incensers left. None of them in Mainland China.
Exactly, in the video all of the pieces were late MIng that had the Xuande mark, they were often used. Best Peter
Hua Chang where are these two pieces located??
@@mikesmith7107 One holds by private owner, another one in Taipei Palace Museum.
Thanks Hua....might you have pictures of either of those two that you can share?
@@mikesmith7107 Do you have pictures of Xuande censer of Taipei Palace Museum ? I can tell you how to verify from 4 ( only one is real, 3 fakes). Of course you need to have sense of beauty to appreciate its beauty.
Having the Xuande mark is not a proof of late Ming.
Absolutely correct, marks are never proof of anything. They are the last thing anyone should look at. Best Peter
从金属合金成分 替宣德炉解谜
经由美国Thermo NITON 手持式XRF分析仪的检测，蜡茶色十二炼蚰蜒耳宣德炉的金属合金成分如下:
Ingredients of Xuande incenser:
铜Cu 83.978%
锡Sn 6.113%
铅Pb 5.811%
锌 Zn 3.726%
镍Ni 0.155%
锑Sb 0.133%
铁Fe 0.082%
Similar work is also being done on the composition of porcelain. The baseline compositions, for example, Ming and early Qing porcelain are different than modern examples. All interesting stuff. Best Peter
The interesting thing is Xuande incenser is bronze not brass as
most of the zinc has volatilized during the twelve refining process.
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