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Burnt marks on the seal can be used to identify if it is from the Qing dynasty, as French and British forces invaded Yuanmingyuan, where the present seal was kept.
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Chinese ceramics often have a reign mark on the base, which can be made up of four to six Chinese characters, in kaishu (normal script) or zhuanshu (archaic seal script).
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Reign marks on Chinese porcelain are a way to trace the history of the emperor and the reign of the emperor during which the piece was made.
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Reign marks on Chinese porcelain are a way to trace the history of the emperor and the reign of the emperor during which the piece was made. They are usually written in vertical columns and are read from top to bottom, and from right to left. Reign marks can be used to date porcelain, but buyers should be aware of the many faked marks on later copies and forgeries, and they can be difficult to identify from genuine marks.
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