Chinese vase w/ a wax seal on the bottom is this old and/or authentic?

the seal means the item is not of historic value to the Country and can be exported for sale.....
Still a nice item though............

 

is there a way to ID the manufacturer from the seal? or does one simply have to study the patterns?

 

the seal is a Gov't stamp......
I have one on a mask and one on a brush holder.....

To help identify the item....show us a full shot...and the base !!

 

I pposted a couple more pics any idea on the quality of this piece?

 

it looks nice to me......but we need to see the base....
&......there are better folks here who will know more than I........they'll be around...

 

Hi,
I have several pieces that have the wax stamp. They are true antiques being over two hundred years old. The people applying the stamps just thought because it is old it was not valuable. I wonder how many really old pieces were stamped for export?
greg

 

Not really, unfortunately (I have a piece with one also, so you're not alone). According to Gotheborg these are called jianding export seals. When they are used, it means "No guarantee of any particular age. When asking around in China, no pieces older than 100 years gets this seal" ... "In practice it is most likely made in the mid 1920's up to the 1950's when the production of 'antique looking Chinese porcelain' made with traditional methods were particularly intense".

They used different seals depending on where and when it was marked, and if I'm looking at it correctly, the OP's was marked in Beijing. https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/jian_ding.shtml

 

I have also two sculpture with red seal mark and thay are realy old to me