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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 603390, member: 6444&quot;]In my experience, highly unlikely this was added by some later purchaser after the piece had first been sold; it was almost certainly placed there by the maker when it was made. There is a very long history in China of using marks from an earlier era on pieces made to commemorate earlier work. I agree with Kiko, it would not be fair to the buyer and could actually hurt value if you remove it. Gotheborg says it like this <a href="http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It is said, that the only rule that is really certain when it comes to Chinese reign marks, is that most of them are NOT from the period they say. Still the marks are something of a fingerprint of the potter and its time. If carefully studied they offer a great help in identifying the date and maker of most Chinese porcelain.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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