Here is some good news for anyone who has seen this video. I have just published for 2021 a new much expanded book ‘Marks on Chinese Ceramics. You can read more about it and make a purchase here at my web site www.chinesemarks.com Gerald Davison. I'm pleased to be bale prick the bubble of the silly prices asked for copies of my older books! New one is £60.00 + P & P
Thankyou for all the informative video's you have done. It's like having your own personal antiques dealer advising you on each item. I have learnt a lot.
Nice video . I live in Hawaii and have bought quite a few pieces at thrift stores, and yard sales etc; but don't know how to tell whether they are real or not yet . My father and mother collected antiques and had quite a collection, and told me even if you don't know what you are doing if you do enough research, and keep buying them you will eventually end up buying some . I subed .
wow....found you this morning.....hello from South Carolina USA...I have hundreds of pieces I received this summer and haven't had much luck dating or pricing.....cause....I knew nothing ...except ...that is a dragon ....lol....I will let you know how it goes.....the pieces were free to me...
this was so incredibly helpful. I just bought an antique Famille rose/Kangxi bowl that was sold as a yongzheng bowl...not that it matters but this was so helpful! thank you so much!
I have purchased what I believe is an antique white chinese carved biscuit teapot. It has a rain mark on the lid inside an oval ring, but the figures are not clear enough to read. Is there a way to make the figures more visible?
thanks enjoyed the video am a beginner and just learning . easy to understand discussion on identification. look forward to future videos. thanks Larry in San Diego
Hi, I think I have a vase from the Qing dynasty from Kangxi. My family just received it from my mothers estate. However item is damaged but still very nice. Would you like to take a look? Thx
Walter you hit 1000!!! Congratulations! I have a Chinese vase that was made into an oil lamp and then converted to an electric lamp. I want to take the lamp apart to see the bottom of the vase, but I am afraid of breaking the vase. Anyways, Thanks Walter for your videos, they are so informative. XX ♥
Hi Love, Thank you very much, its thanks to all the support from you all that i have made it to the 1000 i am very grateful, i wouldt risk braking your vase hun, but you will see plenty of examples about, Thank you as always love xxx take care x
Hi. I was wondering if you could recommend a glue/epoxy to reattach the monogrammed sterling silver plate back to the back of a Victorian men’s hairbrush that has detached?? Your assistance would be much appreciated. Cheers!
i have a koi fish plate that has 8 letters on the back! it was stapled and has broken again what can I do with this, I don't know how old it is ? should I just throw it? its very faded and hard to read well with my eyes.
Congratulations Walter on the 1k truly well deserved, you have put a lot of hard work into this channel and along with everything else your doing. Take care.
Thank you 🙏 so much for all your informative information. I appreciate it. This helps so much. Please keep making more videos. You are very helpful. :)
The marks are Chinese. If you have it on bronze. Odds are it is an xuande emperor search for that mark on google it should match. That is the most common mark used on metal ware. Doesn’t not mean it is a Ming piece mind as they still use that mark now
I don't understand why this Snow White China Dish has a Chinese Reign mark of 24 karat gold instead of being blue or red. I've searched forever and can't find anything on eBay with the 24-karat gold Reign mark. I wish I knew if it was rare. Anybody out there that have information
So for several Years Iv been learning all I can about pretty much anything old, part of history and or vintage and antique items often found at thrift shops yard sales for practically nothing because the majority of people have no idea what value is. Anyway I appreciate your information but I’m still unclear on what Iv got in this piece with I guess a 3 character mark.
Hi, i just discover a chinese porcelain teacop with on top a man in golden tulband, on the botom there are 3 markts, great, nien, (periode) and a sort of 3 (mountains ?) there are, in total 3 markts. it is very interesting, the nien periode was periode without emperor (1912), greets belgium
Very helpful I have been trying to find out what my Chinese pot is worth but hours later of searching cannot find the red mark. Driving me crazy. All the other web sites want to charge a fee etc. I have a picture.
Try 'Bookfinder4U' for the Gerald Davison book - the old one is available for £240 odd and the new and revised one for aprox £750. On Amazon they cost thousands!
I'M GOING CRAZY TRYING FIGURE OUT THESE BLURRY MARKS ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS LARGE WHAT MY FATHER CALLED A "MING VASE" THAT HIS AUNT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE ORIENT YEARS AGO! I WISH I COULD FIND SOMEONE TO READ THEM FOR ME, THERE'S ONLY 3 MARKS OR CHARACTERS AND THEY'RE FADING AWAY OR BLURRING OUT LIKE AN OLD TATTOO IF SOMEONE COULD GET A HOLD OF ME PERHAPS WE COULD SHARE PICTURES OR SOMETHING?
Thank you for your video Walter. I own a small but beautiful Chinese vase with a gold Chinese character mark on the bottom. I'm a pensioner &can't work out the meaning of the mark, even with your brilliant video; i don't do Facebook, may I email my fotos to you for your advice please? -Kathryn in West Dorset UK
Prima děkuji za originální tabulku čínských znaků pokusím se vyčistit co vlastně na porcelánu je napsané dostala jsem ho darem a zajímalo by mě odkud pochází jenom vím že město již neexistuje díky za video 👍🤔
Actually only 0.01‰ piece of the items on market are probably genius. I went across Japan, Europe and US and found the items selling on some dealers shop are none of genius.
Hi Walter, Check for the book on abebooks.co.uk, available from Somerset Books (Glastonbury, United Kingdom) for appr. £ 302.85 Good luck. Thanks for your excelent expalnation of Chinese Reign marks.
Thanks! Great job. For the last few months I have been watching the incredible series of videos on Chinese porcelain at ua-cam.com/users/plcombs . I especially like his advice on auction houses and s identifying fakes. Good luck on your adventures in this interesting niche in antique porcelain. By the way, I agreed with your comment on touching and examining these pieces in person. Having collected antique art pottery from the U. S. for many years, I have learned that this is sometimes the ONLY way you can identify the authenticity of a good piece. Especially if there may be damage.
Ah good lad but now we are all bidding against you lol . I got a xangi bowl in a parcel the other bowls were smashed in the post nevermind it's worth more than the others put together !!
Here is some good news for anyone who has seen this video. I have just published for 2021 a new much expanded book ‘Marks on Chinese Ceramics. You can read more about it and make a purchase here at my web site www.chinesemarks.com Gerald Davison. I'm pleased to be bale prick the bubble of the silly prices asked for copies of my older books! New one is £60.00 + P & P
Is there any 5 character marks inside a square worth anything? It’s green color porcelain bowls
Antuquesarena
Thank you, this is the most helpful and simplistically explained video. I have watched so far.
Thankyou for all the informative video's you have done. It's like having your own personal antiques dealer advising you on each item. I have learnt a lot.
Hi Backyard Antiques, Thank you very much for your comment,
Thank you for sharing your knowledge , always easy to understand your teachings !
Thank you very much hun, hope it helps x
Nice video . I live in Hawaii and have bought quite a few pieces at thrift stores, and yard sales etc; but don't know how to tell whether they are real or not yet . My father and mother collected antiques and had quite a collection, and told me even if you don't know what you are doing if you do enough research, and keep buying them you will eventually end up buying some . I subed .
Thank you very much sir, great effort for the viewers! God bless you. 🙏🇹🇭❤❤❤
wow....found you this morning.....hello from South Carolina USA...I have hundreds of pieces I received this summer and haven't had much luck dating or pricing.....cause....I knew nothing ...except ...that is a dragon ....lol....I will let you know how it goes.....the pieces were free to me...
I stumbled onto your old video Walter,very interesting indeed, thank you.
this was so incredibly helpful. I just bought an antique Famille rose/Kangxi bowl that was sold as a yongzheng bowl...not that it matters but this was so helpful! thank you so much!
Thanks again Walter! I have always avoided buying Chinese porcelain as I new nothing about it. Not anymore..Yay!
I have purchased what I believe is an antique white chinese carved biscuit teapot. It has a rain mark on the lid inside an oval ring, but the figures are not clear enough to read. Is there a way to make the figures more visible?
thanks enjoyed the video am a beginner and just learning . easy to understand discussion on identification. look forward to future videos. thanks Larry in San Diego
Really like your videos and find them very informative and down to earth. This is my 4th one tonight. I look forward to more of them.
Hi, I think I have a vase from the Qing dynasty from Kangxi. My family just received it from my mothers estate. However item is damaged but still very nice. Would you like to take a look? Thx
Excellent! Thank you for simplifying the process! 🙋
Walter you hit 1000!!! Congratulations! I have a Chinese vase that was made into an oil lamp and then converted to an electric lamp. I want to take the lamp apart to see the bottom of the vase, but I am afraid of breaking the vase. Anyways, Thanks Walter for your videos, they are so informative. XX ♥
Hi Love, Thank you very much, its thanks to all the support from you all that i have made it to the 1000 i am very grateful, i wouldt risk braking your vase hun, but you will see plenty of examples about, Thank you as always love xxx take care x
Hi. I was wondering if you could recommend a glue/epoxy to reattach the monogrammed sterling silver plate back to the back of a Victorian men’s hairbrush that has detached?? Your assistance would be much appreciated. Cheers!
how do we know the mark is real
i have a koi fish plate that has 8 letters on the back! it was stapled and has broken again what can I do with this, I don't know how old it is ? should I just throw it? its very faded and hard to read well with my eyes.
Hi please send me some pics and I will try to help you understand what you have. Info@antiquesarena.com
Thanks for the heads up. great starting point. I am hoping to learn a lot more about chines porcelain. Thanks again.
0:30 The character Marx or the character marks /jk.
Děkuji za vysvětlení snad mi to pomůže abych určila odkud pochází můj čínský porcelán 👍🤔
I’ve looked and looked for the Google search with the pages you showed to print out, but can’t find it. Could you tell us the address of the web page?
Congratulations Walter on the 1k truly well deserved, you have put a lot of hard work into this channel and along with everything else your doing. Take care.
Hi David, Thank you very much, its thanks to all the support from you guys that i have got there, take care.
So the essential key to understand the marks better is to be able to read the hanzi right?
What if tge marks I see don't seem to match up with any others?
Please tell me if this copy is original or a duplicate, Regards.
Your video is informative and precise. Well done.
Thank you 🙏 so much for all your informative information. I appreciate it. This helps so much. Please keep making more videos. You are very helpful. :)
Hiya pal what about the risks of fake marks ?
麻蓬取市官事務所 can you tell me what language this is? It is on the bottom of a very old Bronze Vase I have. I can't find any info
The marks are Chinese. If you have it on bronze. Odds are it is an xuande emperor search for that mark on google it should match. That is the most common mark used on metal ware. Doesn’t not mean it is a Ming piece mind as they still use that mark now
I don't understand why this Snow White China Dish has a Chinese Reign mark of 24 karat gold instead of being blue or red. I've searched forever and can't find anything on eBay with the 24-karat gold Reign mark. I wish I knew if it was rare. Anybody out there that have information
This is so helpful Walter, just what I'm getting into thanks for sharing its good basis to get started 👍
Thank you for your comment hope it helps
I have a antique Chinese ginger jar, would love to know its value, i can't read the marking lol, don't think it's worth much, but you just never know
So for several Years Iv been learning all I can about pretty much anything old, part of history and or vintage and antique items often found at thrift shops yard sales for practically nothing because the majority of people have no idea what value is. Anyway I appreciate your information but I’m still unclear on what Iv got in this piece with I guess a 3 character mark.
Hi, i just discover a chinese porcelain teacop with on top a man in golden tulband, on the botom there are 3 markts, great, nien, (periode) and a sort of 3 (mountains ?) there are, in total 3 markts. it is very interesting, the nien periode was periode without emperor (1912), greets belgium
I have two Chinese piece can you tell me these are real or copy
Sir can you help me if this is chien lung dynasty
Very helpful I have been trying to find out what my Chinese pot is worth but hours later of searching cannot find the red mark. Driving me crazy. All the other web sites want to charge a fee etc. I have a picture.
Send me a picture and I will get to it over the weekend and let you know what it reads.
@@AntiquesArena I will send pic
Try 'Bookfinder4U' for the Gerald Davison book - the old one is available for £240 odd and the new and revised one for aprox £750. On Amazon they cost thousands!
What about the problem of fake marks?
Are plates from these periods valuable? I have a couple. Thanks.
Yes thank you for your comment. If you like send some images using my Facebook group antiquesarena.
@@AntiquesArena I sent the pictures. Please let me know if you got them. Thanks
Hi could i send you a pic of a plate I just picked up to value or tell me the mark. Thanks
Neil Clark hi yes use my Facebook group antiquesarena and send me some pics
Hit the 1k subs mark. Well done mate!
Hi Stu, Thank you very much, its thanks to all the support from you guys that got me there.
I really have a desire to learn these symbols
I'M GOING CRAZY TRYING FIGURE OUT THESE BLURRY MARKS ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS LARGE WHAT MY FATHER CALLED A "MING VASE" THAT HIS AUNT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE ORIENT YEARS AGO! I WISH I COULD FIND SOMEONE TO READ THEM FOR ME, THERE'S ONLY 3 MARKS OR CHARACTERS AND THEY'RE FADING AWAY OR BLURRING OUT LIKE AN OLD TATTOO
IF SOMEONE COULD GET A HOLD OF ME PERHAPS WE COULD SHARE PICTURES OR SOMETHING?
Thank you for your video Walter. I own a small but beautiful Chinese vase with a gold Chinese character mark on the bottom. I'm a pensioner &can't work out the meaning of the mark, even with your brilliant video; i don't do Facebook, may I email my fotos to you for your advice please? -Kathryn in West Dorset UK
How about snuff bottles
Prima děkuji za originální tabulku čínských znaků pokusím se vyčistit co vlastně na porcelánu je napsané dostala jsem ho darem a zajímalo by mě odkud pochází jenom vím že město již neexistuje díky za video 👍🤔
I have red hand written text no circles or square around it all I can day is it looks very old
Really enjoyed this
What is a Ranmark
Spot on
Thank you
thank you that's very helpful.
I have also read though and this is scary that an English maker 100+ years ago was in fact faking oriental wares
How can I send a picture to you
Email Walteroneill1977@aol.com
Actually only 0.01‰ piece of the items on market are probably genius. I went across Japan, Europe and US and found the items selling on some dealers shop are none of genius.
Great video... Thanks... :)
I have a piece, a bowl. The markings on the bottom don't look like anything you've shown. They really don't look Chinese at all.
I like your vid...
Thank you very much
A very good person to contact is Peter combs his u tube videos are extremely interesting and he will help you. Indentfying chinese vases
Do you have his youtube link? Im having an issue with a vase I know is old and cant find the marks to compare
How can I send you the picture of my fish bowl
Hi Walter, Check for the book on abebooks.co.uk, available from Somerset Books (Glastonbury, United Kingdom) for appr. £ 302.85 Good luck. Thanks for your excelent expalnation of Chinese Reign marks.
Thanks! Great job. For the last few months I have been watching the incredible series of videos on Chinese porcelain at ua-cam.com/users/plcombs . I especially like his advice on auction houses and s identifying fakes. Good luck on your adventures in this interesting niche in antique porcelain. By the way, I agreed with your comment on touching and examining these pieces in person. Having collected antique art pottery from the U. S. for many years, I have learned that this is sometimes the ONLY way you can identify the authenticity of a good piece. Especially if there may be damage.
Thank you for your comment. I also watch peter at bid amount and I am subscribed to go the Borg amazing sight you should try it out
ming dynasty vase is worth so much money
Ah good lad but now we are all bidding against you lol . I got a xangi bowl in a parcel the other bowls were smashed in the post nevermind it's worth more than the others put together !!
Unless it's Guangzhou but it's a 4 mark piece why can't they just write it in Welsh. Bloody typical boyo
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Email please
Great vid, only suggestion.... tell your girlfriend to iron that shirt!!! Much Love though
Hi Tyler. Thank you for your comment. I can do my own ironing. X army lol. It’s more a time and lazy thing haha
You move and can't focus.
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