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MARKS AND SEALS

018. Ta-Ming Wan-li nien chih = made in the Wan-li era of the Great Ming (1573-1620).

019. Ta-Ming Tien-chi nien chih = made in the Tien-chi era of the Great Ming (1621-1627).

020. Chung-chen nien chih = made in the Chung-chen era (1628-1643).

N.B. The last of the Ming eras. It is seldom found with the prefix Ta-Ming.

Tsing Dynasty (1644 to present time).

021. Ta-Tsing Shun-chi nien chih = made in the Shun-chi era of the Great Tsing (1644-1661).

022. Seal form of No. 21.

023. Ta-Tsing Kang-hsi nien chih = made in the Kang-hsi era of the Great Tsing (1662-1722).

024. Seal form of No. 23.

025. Ta-Tsing Yung-ching nien chih = made in the Yung-ching era of the Great Tsing (1723-1735).

026. Seal form of No. 25.

027. Ta-Tsing Chien-lung nien chih = made in the Chien-lung era of the Great Tsing (1736-1795).

028. Seal form of No. 27.

029. Seal form of No. 27 without the prefix Ta-Tsing.

030. Chia-ching nien chih = made in the Chia-ching era (1796-1820).

N.B. This is also found with the prefix Ta-Tsing.

031. Ta-Tsing Chia-ching nien chih = seal form of No. 30.

032. Ta-Tsing Taou-Kwang nien chih = made in the Taou-Kwang era of the Great Tsing (1821-1850).

N.B. This is frequently found without the prefix Ta-Tsing.

033. Seal form of No. 32.

034. Another form of No. 33.

035. Ta-Tsing Hsien-fung nien chih = made in the Hsien-fung era of the Great Tsing (1851-1861).

036. Seal form of No. 35.

037. Ta-Tsing Tung-chi nien chih = made in the Tung-chi era of the Great Tsing (1862-1874).

038. Seal form of No. 37.

039. Ta-Tsing Kwang-hsü nien chih = made in the Kwang-hsü era of the Great Tsing (1875—still reigning).

040. Seal form of No. 39.

HALL MARKS.

041. Shung-tê-tang chih = made at the Hall of the Practice of Virtue.

042. Lin-yu-tang chih = made at the Jade-forest Hall.

043. Ching-lien-tang fan-ku chih = made in imitation of old ware at Ching-lien (name of a renowned scholar) Hall.

044. Ki-yu-tang chih = made at the Hall of Rare Jade.

045. I-yu-tang chih = made at the Hall of Ductile Jade.

046. Tseu-shun-met-yu-tang chi = made at the Hall of Good Order and Fair Jade.

047. Ta-shu-tang chih = made at the Hall of Great Trees.

048. I-yu-tang chih = made at the Hall of Profit.

049. Yang-ho-tang chih = made at the Hall for Promoting Tranquillity.

050. Lu-i-tang = Hall of Green Ripples.

051. Tsai-jun-tang chih = made at the Hall of Glowing Tints.

052. Yu-tang kia-ki = fair vessel of the Jade Hall.

NOMINAL MARKS.

N.B. Names of makers are rarely found on Chinese porcelains, and when they do occur they are of little use for purposes of identification, for no records hitherto available give any accurate account of Chinese Keramists, with the exception of the Yi-shing artists referred to in the text.

053. Shing-yu Ya-chi = graceful assemblage of revered friends. This mark is not identified. It may be merely a complimentary mark; or it may be, as Mr. Franks suggests, the name of a firm.

053–A. Li-chih = a maker's name.

054. Chung-kuh-shi = the Chung-kuh family.

055. Fun = the name of a maker.

056. Tsun-chin = the name of a maker.

057. Lin Chang-tse tsao = made by Lin Chang-tse.

058. Kō Ming-chiang chih = made by Kō Ming-chiang; a mark found on flambé Kwang-yao dating from the seventeenth century.

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