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Re: Chien lung seal

Posted By: Cal
Posted Date: Dec 01, 2008 (12:27 AM)

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If you are talking about a *reign mark* of the Qianlong Emperor, in seal form, some varieties were illustrated in a recent issue of Arts of Asia Magazine. If you go to their web site you should be able to find the issue. I think about a year ago. Some from a Chinese publication have also been posted on this forum within the past two years.

From your question, you must know that the reign mark has been used millions of times on ceramics and other items, such as snuff bottles, that were not made during that reign.

Since Chinese and other fakers are getting more expert all the time, it is hazardous to use such a mark as the main guide to authenticity.

One can learn much more from the style, material, workmanship and design details of the object itself. To a lesser extent, completely reliable provenance can also be helpful.

But do not trust the attribution or alleged history given by an auction house that has a financial interest in their attribution. They may repeat a client's "story" that was invented at some time. Even those that supposedly guarantee their word can cost you years and much money to prove an attribution to be fraudulent, and a refund of auction sale price may recover only a small part of your costs.

Good luck,
Cal

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