Chinese Qianlong export porcelain

18thC Ch'ien-lung lidded bowl, famille rose decoration. The gilding would have been added in Europe

Agreed, looks like Chinese Qianlong famille rose. Teabowl could be mid 18thC, the vase might be a bit later

18thC hand painted blue & white Chinese teabowl

SP - I ask on one of the Chinese groups on FB which has very experienced collectors of Chinese ceramics that I trust.  

Qianlong plate, handpainted in the Mandarin pattern, c.1780









Three handpainted Qianlong plates

9" Qianlong plate with peony and bamboo pattern, c.1750s

The classic sign is the orange peel surface, with little pin point dips in the glaze. Plus the blue tint to the glaze. Crazing of the glaze is no indicator of age; it's easy to induce crazing straight out of the kiln. Weight is also an indicator - current copies are quite thick and heavy. The colour of the cobalt blue is an indication, with a darker grey-blue being more common on earlier pieces; a rich dark blue in the 19thC and a bright mid blue in the 20thC, becoming quite pale and washed out in late 20th-21st Centuries.
The plates above are hand painted, including the boarders which leave an indented surface when held to the light. Later copies are transfer printed.
Colour of foot rims are important. Older pieces are more likely to be orange or white - the orange coming from being fired on straw - , while modern fakes are black and sooty from being fired on sawdust, or have a brown wash applied to look dirty. But some are also orange so it's not fool proof.

To add, new chemical based colours were developed in the latter half of the 19thC and were quickly introduced into the Oriental colour palette

6”, 2 pint, barrel shaped mug with hand painted cobalt underglaze Nanking decoration.

Alex J wrote:

denbydump wrote:I think this is Famille Rose style.

Oops, the thread had ‘famille rose’ in the title from the first posting, and obviously the blue & white pieces are not part of that. I’ve removed the phrase.

Qianlong famille rose custard cup and lid

Qianlong custard cup without lid

Late Yongzheng or early Qianlong teabowl. c.1725. The design is copied from c.1700 Japanese Imari

Chinese Qainlong jug with sparrow’s beak spout. Broken and glued at some point but still nice to have in the reference collection

Chinese Famille Rose, Qianlong, export porcelain with brown rim.






Smaller one, without a brown rim

Polychrome saucer








Pair of Qianlong Chinese export polychrome plates