Chinese plate makers mark?

[catfishjim90]

Found this at a goodwill store. Can anybody tell me what the makers mark is?

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

DR.ÖTEK Metal Detector, Waterproof Gold Detector, Pinpoint & Terrain Modes, Professional Metal Detector - Grab it through Amazon!

[tamrock]

It a pretty plate, but these days so many Asian marks are not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated to add the effect of being old and valuable. Hopefully you found a piece that isn't what I just described and it's worth a fortune.

 

[Slowtaknow]

Korean?

 

[goldencoin]

That's the traditional type of maker's mark for Chinese porcelain, but that's common from historical pieces to today. Even most native Chinese readers would have a hard time deciphering that, as it is an old type of script. My opinion, in just looking at the piece, looks pretty modern- probably meant to be decorative.

HH
-GC

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice looking plate...nice display piece!

 

[Red-Coat]

Just doing a bit of tidying up on some older threads, mainly for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

It’s a very pretty plate but that’s not a maker’s mark as such. The characters are in Chinese seal script (zhuanshu) and should be read top to bottm and right to left in the order shown below:

So the marks indicate the piece was purportedly made in the Da Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period (1736-1795). However, as suggested above, that’s not when the plate was made. It’s common for reign marks like this to be included on later copies of pieces as a kind of homage to their artistry rather than to deceive. I don’t see any sign at all of cracking in the glaze nor any discolouration that would be expected for an antique or even vintage plate. Most likely this is late 20th Century, with a design copied from an earlier plate.