Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Reign Marks-Feet

Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Reign Marks

Chinese Porcelain Authentication A Visual Guide

"Foot rims are the window to the soul"  (of porcelain anyway) 

Ming Dynasty And Transitional Period Chinese Porcelains With Feet, they tell so much!

Often missing from books and reference guides on Chinese porcelains are good clear images of the bases and even the marks. While some do an "ok" job showing the reign marks, they are frequently very small and most often show nothing of the details or characteristics of the base itself. (Don;t you just hate that?)

Kangxi Period Porcelains with marks and Foot Rims

"I wish I could see the foot", how many times have you said that?

This absence of more detailed images often leaves the reader, student, collector, curator and dealer frustrated wondering many things. After all their were numerous things made in China during different periods which were often nearly exact copies of things from previous periods. Often how the bases and feet look is your best indicator in making a decision or identifying already collected pieces. So we decided to do a post simply called, "Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Reign Marks-Feet"

• What color is the paste? 
• What shape is the foot..
• Is the base glazed or un-glazed, 
• How far down the foot does the glaze go?, 
• Does the glaze end neatly...?  

So, as we did with our posts on Ming Porcelains and Yixing we thought it might benefit collectors and dealers to put together a mountain of images of porcelains from the late Ming/ Early Qing period on this page.

The objects here focus mainly on the Kangxi Period (1662–1722).

We went through and plucked from a variety of sources including a large number from the "David Collection" held at the British Museum and from our own archives as many appropriate objects as we could to fill the void a little with this kind of information.

Below is a slide show of some of the images we've put together. BOOK mark us...these images might come in handy!

We've tried to organize them by age and period as much is possible, many can only be described for dating purposes by century..i.e. 17th C. or early 18th C.. etc. Many also have reign marks. More will be added as time goes on...

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Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Reign Marks-Feet

Late Ming to Kangxi Period Cups, Bowls, Water Pots, Vases, Dishes etc.

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Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty
Production date: 1644-1700
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain bowl. Inside, a roundel with stylised phoenix in flight in underglaze blue against yellow ground. Same design outside, repeated four times. There is a mark on the base.

 Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

Porcelain cup with high straight foot. There are five phoenix roundels in underglaze red around the sides and a single roundel in the centre. There is an inscription on the base.

Kangxi Period Copper red Bowl

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain bowl. The bowl has copper red glaze, white at the rim. There is an inscription on the base, which is covered in plain, slightly bluish high-fired glaze with some crackle.

Kangxi Turquoise Mark and Period Bowl

Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

Porcelain bowl with rounded sides and slightly everted rim. The bowl has finely crazed transparent turquoise glaze. There are five-clawed dragons among clouds pursuing pearls, with rocks and waves below incised on the exterior. 

 Object type: dish
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi

Porcelain dish with rounded sides and a straight rim. There are dragons and pearls incised in Sancai style on-biscuit purple, brown and green enamel in the centre of the interior, flower sprays in the cavetto, and dragons and fungus incised...

Kangxi mark and Period Cup

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain cup with rounded sides, straight rim and recessed base. There is a prunus tree in flower with birds in underglaze blue and red overglaze enamel on the exterior. 

Kangxi Celadon Water Pot

Object type: water-pot
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Beehive-shaped porcelain water-pot with wide mouth. The water-pot has pale grey-green glaze. There are carved and incised cloud motifs on the exterior. There is a mark in blue on the base, which has a white glaze

Kangxi Copper Red vase

Object type: vase
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain bag-shaped vase with narrow straight neck. The vase has finely crackled dark copper red glaze, fading to bluish-white at the mouth, and a bluish-white glazed base.

Kangxi Water Jar

Object type:
water-jar
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain globular water jar, with a small foot and wide mouth. The water jar has transparent celadon type glaze on the exterior, white felspathic glaze on the interior and on the base. There are carved and incised peony scrolls on the...

Kangxi Turquoise Pear Shaped Vase

Object type: vase
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

Foot of Kangxu Turqouise vase

 Porcelain pear-shaped vase, with a swelling bulb below a straight mouth rim. The vase has unevenly applied finely crazed turquoise glaze.

Kangxi Blue and White Bowl

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Small porcelain bowl with flaring sides. Underglaze blue with narrow band of stylised strapwork just above foot. There is an inscription on the base. Inside undecorated.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain bowl. Underglaze red with two five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls. Single red lines below rim and on foot. There is an inscription on the base.

Object type: beaker
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain beaker of ancient bronze gu form. Covered in crackled copper red glaze, white at the rim. Bluish-white glaze on base. Where exposed, body burnt reddish-brown.

Object type: dish
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain dish. The dish has a white body and deep cobalt blue glaze, almost white at the rim, and white glaze on the base. There is an inscription on the base

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain wine-cup with rounded sides, flared rim and two stylised dragon handles. There are two roundels containing dragons among clouds in underglaze cobalt blue on the exterior. There is a mark on the base

Object type: dish
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain dish with rounded sides. The dish has pale liver coloured glaze derived from copper, mottled darker pink in some places, with a few dull greenish patches on the back. There is a mark in underglaze blue on the base.

Object type: dish
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain dish with rounded sides. The dish has copper derived pinkish glaze, white at the rim and foot-rim. There is an inscription and 'pin-holes' on the base.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain hemispherical bowl. The bowl has pinkish peach bloom glaze derived from copper, mottled darker pink and bright moss green, with white at the rim. There is a mark in underglaze blue on the base.

Object type: cup-stand
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain cup-stand. There is a band of scrolling lotus flowers and leaves in underglaze blue around the central recess. There is an inscription on the base.

Object type: wine-cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722, Production place: Jingdezhen

 Three porcelain cups with curving sides, slightly flared rim, and two shallow loop handles. The cups have pale yellow enamel on the exterior, plain white glaze on the interior. There is a narrow band of incised dragons on the exterior...

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain cup with curving sides, slightly flared rim, and two shallow loop handles. The cup has pale yellow enamel on the exterior, plain white glaze on the interior. There is a narrow band of incised dragons on the exterior. There is a..

Object type: vase
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain vase of ovoid form with long slender neck and flaring mouth. The vase has soft pink glaze derived from copper, mottled darker pink and moss green in some places. There is a moulded chrysanthemum petal band round the bottom. There...

Object type: saucer; cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain cup and saucer. The cup has rounded sides and slightly everted rim and two shallow dragon-shaped loop handles. Saucer has short flared sides and flanged central recess to hold the cup. 

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain cup with slightly rounded sides. The cup has yellow enamel over a plain felspathic glaze. There are monsters among waves with a flaming wheel incised on the exterior. There is a mark in underglaze blue on the base.

Object type: jar
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain ovoid water-pot with small mouth. The water-pot has very pale cobalt blue glaze of 'yue bai' or 'clair de lune' type, apart from the white mouth-rim and base. There is a mark in underglaze blue on the base

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain cup with dragon-shaped handles. The cup has yellow glaze on the exterior and handles, white glaze on interior. There is a band of confronted dragons in low relief on the exterior. There is a mark in underglaze blue on the base

Object type: water-pot
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Porcelain water-pot with small short neck, slightly everted mouth rim, and wide base. The water-pot has soft pink peach bloom glaze that shades to apple green in places. There are three incised roundels of dragons on the exterior. There is.

Object type: vase
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain cylindrical vase. The vase has ivory glaze. There are four dragon medallions moulded around the centre of the body, with cloud motifs, and two magnolia sprays on the neck.

Object type: box
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722
Production place: Jingdezhen

 Circular porcelain box with domed cover. There are stylised lotus flowers in underglaze copper red with incised detail on the exterior, and a leaf pattern incised on the mouth rim of the lower half. There is a mark in underglaze cobalt blue..

Object type: wine-cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain wine-cup with tall sides and flaring lip. There is a garden scene of chrysanthemum, rocks and butterflies in underglaze cobalt blue on the exterior. There is a mark on the base.

Object type: jar
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain jar with deep rounded sides and straight flanged rim. The jar has crackled copper red glaze mottled in places with white and shading to a transparent watery-green near the base, cream glazed recessed base, cream glazed interior...

Object type: jar
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain jar with globular body and wide neck. The jar has glassy crackled copper red glaze, fading to greyish white at the rim, and a greyish-green glazed base with slight pink shading.

Object type: vase
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain pear-shaped vase with wide mouth and two tubular handles. The vase has crackled glaze, covered with a clear apple-green enamel. There is brown slip on the base, which is unglazed.

Object type: vase
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain vase with narrow neck. The vase has crackled copper red glaze shading to greenish-white at the mouth, with greenish mottling on one side, and closely crackled white glaze on base.

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain cup. The cup has a white body. There are phoenixes in 'anhua' slip on the interior, flowers around the cavetto, and a flower in the well. There is a mark on the base.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain bowl with inturned rim. The bowl has a white body and cream-white glaze. There is an inscription incised on the exterior. The foot rim and two areas on the interior are unglazed.

Object type: stem cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Stem porcelain cup. Underglaze red and blue with three silhouetted fish around the sides. Central roundel with inscription inside. Unglazed base.

Object type: meiping
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain vase of meiping form. Underglaze red and blue with two vertical five-clawed dragons painted red with dark blue eyes and tail details. There is an inscription on the base.

Object type: saucer
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain porcelain saucer. Underglaze blue with seascape around cavetto including European galleon, mermaid playing a violin, rocks, clouds, a building and waves. French inscription below the rim, and flower head with flying birds in...

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain cup. Covered outside with copper red glaze, white at the rim. Plain bluish-white glaze inside and on base.

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain cup with rounded sides. The cup has copper red glaze on the exterior and bluish-white glaze on the interior and on the base.

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain cup with straight sides and rim. Covered inside with plain white glaze and outside with soft copper red glaze. Base glazed bluish-white.

 Object type: cup

Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

Two porcelain cups. The cups are yellow enamel over thin plain high-fired glaze. There is an inscription on the base, which is glazed.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain bowl. The bowl has pale yellow enamel over thin plain high-fired glaze. There is an inscription on the base, which is glazed.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Two porcelain bowls. The bowls have unevenly applied yellow enamel glaze over thin plain glaze. There is an inscription on the base, which has a bluish-white felspathic glaze.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain bowl. The bowl has yellow enamel over plain felspathic glaze. There is an inscription on the base, which is glazed.

Object type: meiping
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain vase of meiping form. The vase has a white body and slightly mottled, finely crazed copper red glaze, fading to white at the mouth rim and neck. The base is glazed with a finely crackled cream-coloured glaze.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain bowl with rounded walls. The bowl has crackled glossy copper red glaze, with a white rim, and the red glazed base is mottled watery green.

Object type: dish
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Famille Verte Enamels

 Porcelain dish with flattened rim. The dish has a fine white body. There are two female figures, one a daoist fairy holding a 'ruyi' sceptre in her right hand, a heavenly deer by her, painted in pale transparent enamel on the interior,...

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain bowl with a slightly flared foliate rim and a small foot ring. The bowl has blue tinged glaze. There is raised underglaze slip, on the interior and exterior, to imitate a flower.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain bowl. The bowl has a white body and blue-toned glaze. There is a fret design carved around the exterior, with recessed areas unglazed, and a petal design incised around the base. There is a mark on the base.

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain cup. The cup has a white body and pitted white glaze. There is a mark on the base.

Object type: wrist-rest
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain wrist rest, in the form of a minature ridge tile. There is a ten-character poetic couplet in underglaze cobalt blue and three copper red seals on the top. There is an inscription and six spur marks on the base.

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain bowl, with rounded sides and everted rim. The bowl has a copper-bound mounthrim, deep blue glaze on the exterior and plain white glaze on the interior. There is a mark and an inscription in underglaze blue on the base.

 Object type: dish

Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

Porcelain saucer-shaped dish with rounded sides and slightly incurving foot. The dish has a fine white body. There is a berry laden branch and two butterflies hovering around and above it in transparent 'famille verte' palette enamel on a...

Object type: dish
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain dish with flattened rim. The dish has a fine white body. There are two female figures, one a daoist fairy holding a 'ruyi' sceptre in her right hand, a heavenly deer by her, painted in pale transparent enamel on the interior,...

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain bowl. Underglaze blue with band of turbulent waves just above foot and the Eight Trigrams painted just below rim. Yin yang symbol in large double circle inside in the centre. There is an inscription on the base.

Object type: incense-burner
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty
Production date: 1655

 Porcelain incense burner of cylindrical form with three low feet. Dated

Object type: jar; cover
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain baluster-shaped jar with domed cover surmounted by a lotus bud-shaped knop. The jar has yellow enamel glaze. There is a Kangxi mark on the base, which has a high-fired glaze.

Object type: water-dropper
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Pear shaped stoneware water-dropper. The water-dropper has cream crackled glaze.

Object type: box
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Circular porcelain box with a low domed cover. There is a Buddha's hand citron (foshou) in pencilled style in underglaze cobalt blue in the centre of the lid, surrounded by peach branches and camellia, and a peach branch and a flower spray...

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1722

 Porcelain bowl with rounded sides and flaring rim. The bowl has greyish-green glaze on the interior and exterior. There is a mark in underglaze blue in the centre, and complex floral scrolls carved on exterior. There is an inscription on...

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain cup with slightly rounded sides and everted lip. The cup has yellow glaze. There are two small dragons in relief facing each other across the rim.

Object type: dish
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 Porcelain dish with curving sides and slightly everted rim. The dish has a deep blue exterior, and a white interior. There are three clouds incised in the centre. There is a mark on the base.

Object type: wine-cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty; Kangxi
Production date: 1662-1722

 More of above here and below....

 Set of twelve porcelain wine-cups with deep sides. The wine-cups have a fine white eggshell body. There is a different seasonal tree, shrub or flower, to represent one of the twelve months, in 'famille verte' palette enamel and underglaze blue on the exterior of each cup.

Culture/period/dynasty: Shunzhi; Qing dynasty
Production date: 1644-1661

Porcelain dish with rounded sides. The dish has uneven blue glaze. There is a five-clawed dragon among clouds in centre, with two other dragons chasing a flaming pearl round the sides, and two dragons above a lotus panel border on the back....

Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty
Production date: 1644-1661

 Porcelain bowl with slightly curving sides. The bowl has coffee-brown slightly iridescent glaze. There is an incised key-fret border on the interior rim, with a rock and flower spray in a double ring in the centre.

Object type: dish
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty
Production date: 17thC

Porcelain dish. The dish has transparent turquoise glaze applied directly to the biscuit. There are chatter marks from cutting tool on the base, which is unglazed.

Object type: jar
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty
Production date: 17thC(late)-18thC

 Porcelain jar, with grooves at the shoulder and foot. The jar has yellowish glaze. There is moulded vertical ribbing between the grooves.

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Object type: bowl
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty
Production date: 17thC-18thC

Porcelain bowl. The bowl has a white body and blue-toned glaze, with brown-glazed rim. There is a lappet panel moulded on the interior, and a flower in the centre of the interior. 










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Object type: dish
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty
Production date: 17thC-18thC

 Porcelain dish. The dish has copper red galze with pale mottling on the front. There is a man and boy by trees and a rock in 'famille verte' palette enamels in the centre. There is an inscription on the base, which is glazed.

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Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Qing dynasty
Production date: 18thC

Porcelain cup, with ivory glaze. There is an incised lotus scroll on the exterior. There is an inscription on the base. 

Object type: cup
Culture/period/dynasty: Kangxi Bowl
Production date: early 18thC