Jakabffy Imre szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 13. (Budapest, 1971)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Cseh, Éva: K'ang-hsi and Other Blue and White Porcelains from the 18th Century

The framed pieces in Europe, which can be determined, also provide reliable sources.) They are important with regard to ihe porcelains in China as well, because the marks found on the wares arc not always reliable. An oi'der issued by K'ang-hsi. during the first half of his reign forbade the porcelains to be marked by the nien hao of the Emperor.

8 ()n the wares of ibis era. Ming nien bans. Buddhist and Taoist symbols (leaf of arteinisia. lotus, etc.), or double rings with no marking can be found. The K'ang-hsi blue and whiles made In Ming style are not always bearing the Ming nien hao. the proper K'ang-hsi nien hao. therefore, enables the identification of pieces having Ming nien hao. too. A mere complex '

s "Chan Ch'i-ching, ihe superintendent of the Imperial factories between 11)77— 1 (ISO. issued an edict forbidding the potters to use the nien hao of the Emperor on their pots'. Garner, Oriental Blue and White, Faber and Faber, London, p. 46.