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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kardinalisimo, post: 97122, member: 118&quot;]Chinese Straits/Peranakan/Baba Nyonya.</p><p>In my opinion late 19th to early 20th C.</p><p>Stamps were used during that time. The problem with the stamps is when you have early marks, mostly Early Qing ones - Kangxi, Qianlong, Yongzheng...</p><p>They should be hand drawn. Late Qing imperial - Tongzhi, Guangxu should also be hand painted. The porcelain made for commercial use( not for the palace) during late 19th/early 20th can have stamped marks.</p><p>You can have spurious hand painted marks on later pieces but they are usually made to make people believe the piece is older than it is. Then, you have to have an expert to examine the way the mark is drawn and also look for all other signs for the period the piece is claimed to be - shape, foot, base, glaze, painting style, enamels used, age signs etc...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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