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Subject:Tranlation of mark. Japanese or Chinese writing?
Posted By: Corey Tue, Jan 24, 2017 IP: 193.169.154.224
Enameled porcelain cup originally described as Japanese by the previous owner but perhaps more likely a Chinese production. Any assistance with the translation of the mark would be much appreciated!



Subject:Re: Tranlation of mark. Japanese or Chinese writing?
Posted By: Corey Thu, Jan 26, 2017
Found this Jiajing period auspicious mark on the gotheborg.com website:

http://gotheborg.com/marks/mingminyaomarks.shtml

The character in the lower right corner matches the character in the same position of the mark on my cup, meaning I'm probably right in my assumption that the cup is Chinese rather than Japanese. The style of the decoration also fits with the Jiajing period




Subject:Re: Tranlation of mark. Japanese or Chinese writing?
Posted By: mikeoz Fri, Jan 27, 2017
The characters are not the same.

On your bowl (which we have not seen so can't comment further) the character on the right hand side (Two character seal) is 賀 pronounced He and means congratulations.

The bottom right character of the other mark (four character seal) is 貴 pronounced Gui and means noble or expensive.

Subject:Re: Tranlation of mark. Japanese or Chinese writing?
Posted By: Corey Sun, Jan 29, 2017
Many thanks for your reply! That was a great help. Now it would be awesome if you could assist in identifying the other character of the mark of the cup pictured below. More photos can be found in a previous thread on this board. (See link)



Subject:Re: Tranlation of mark. Japanese or Chinese writing?
Posted By: Corey Mon, Jan 30, 2017
I forgot to add the link. Here it is:

URL Title :http://asianart.com/phpforum/index.php?method=detailAll&Id=98424&PHPSESSID=eot86db6epgsl8n3unq0rdhs3


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