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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4315320, member: 2844&quot;]Ming marks are signed the way a calligrapher does, so you see a thickening of the lines at some ends (or beginnings) of the character. The lines are strong, and as Ce said, written with confidence.</p><p>The mark on this vase is meant to be a Tianqi mark, but you can see the proper way of writing it here:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chineseantiques.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FTianqiMk1.jpg&amp;sp=1632504359T4803444e0be22ab436e0408d8fe4917a6772b7a22a2b901daf05113f89977869" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.chineseantiques.co.uk/ming-reign-marks-tianqi-period/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chineseantiques.co.uk/ming-reign-marks-tianqi-period/" rel="nofollow">https://www.chineseantiques.co.uk/ming-reign-marks-tianqi-period/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, in the top right and lower right characters, the thickening on the bottom right hand lines.</p><p>More examples in the link.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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