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Can anyone identify the maker's seal mark on the base of this small Chinese octagonal sauce dish? Many thanks in advance...

Chinese Guangxu (1875-1908) mark 光緒年製

URL Title :Chinese Porcelain Marks Identification Guide

Many thanks everyone – doh, should have worked that one out myself. From style of dish and painting am assuming Republican period, perhaps made for southeast Asian market.

This is a four-character stamped mark of "Made during the Guangxu reign" (Guangxu nian zhi - 光緒年製). The Guangxu period was 1875-1908 in the Qing dynasty. This style of mark probably dates to the Republic era (1908-1949).

Best regards,

Bill H.

With my mentor Mike detecting that this mark is by hand and not stamped, I'll have to concede it could be 19th or early 20th century Guangxu period, though the calligrapher is well ahead of those who decorated the piece. I could not find an example of it in the scholarly Mainland China publication “Collection of Classical Markings on Chinese Historical Porcelains” (Zhongguo lidai taoci kuanzhi dadian - 中国历代陶瓷款识大典).

Best regards,

Bill H.

Interesting.

While at a quick glance this might look like a rubber stamped mark, it is actually hand drawn.

The Guang, 光, Nian 年, and Zhi 制 are all fairly conventional, but I particularly admire the elegant abbreviation of the Xu 緒. Very much in sympathy with the writing of the other characters.

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