About

This site is set up to offer the results of my research into Chinese porcelains of the Late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. I have been a collector of this period of Chinese ceramics since 1995 but I am now just beginning to understand how much I don’t know! I have been writing short notes about my learning efforts and now wish to share them with anyone who would like to read them. Stay tuned….

Here is a list of the reports on this blog:

• Some notes on Wan Shou Wu Jiang (万寿无疆) Porcelains since the Late Qing period 
•       Chinese Republic (1912-1949) and other marks Overview  
• ·         Dayazhai (大雅齋) Porcelains: A Brief  Outline 
• Chinese Lions in the 19th and 20th centuries  
• The Puce Landscape Pattern on Porcelain – Chinese Republic Era Stereotype   
• 10 Chinese Millefleur Teabowls (中国十大米尔芙蓉茶碗) 
• A Centifleur Tea Party

• Jiujiang Porcelain Companies in the Chinese Republic era 九江瓷民国  
• Chinese Republic porcelain, Shanghai marked landscape examples (民国瓷上海)  
• Green press-moulded wares, Republic of China (& earlier)  
• Wang Bu’s Chrysanthemum Legacy (王步菊花遗产)  
• Deconstructing the ‘Rice Grain’ Pattern on Chinese Porcelain – Late Qing to PRC   
• ‘Flower Balls’ on C19th and C20th Chinese porcelain (花球 Huā qiú)

• Contemplating Buddha’s countenance – the Bao Xiang Hua 宝相花 (aka Hosoge or ‘Lotus or Peony Scroll’) in Qing and C20th Chinese porcelain

• An outline of PROC (People’s Republic of China) base marks on factory and other porcelain, 1949 – 2000

• Yellow Chrysanthemums on porcelains from the late Qing to People’s Republic of China 黄菊花瓷器晚清中华人民共和国

• Chinese porcelain food serving containers in the C20th

• Zhang Zhidong 張之洞 and his Bao Bing Xuan Dong 和包氷瓷 plates, an intriguing Late Qing/early C20th pattern on Chinese porcelain

• =D= “Factory” (艺术瓷厂) Chinese People’s Republic of China (PROC) Porcelains and their correlates

• Dragons and Chrysanthemums – a Late Qing export pattern (龙和菊花)

• Chinese Nesting Bowl Sets from the Late Qing & Republic Period 嵌套碗套装瓷器