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4 MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY. —
period, 1465-1487 a.d., is copied from a dish in that
collection bearing a representation of the baptism of
Christ, a subject which could only have been used subse-
quently to the introduction of Christianity into Japan in 1549.
DAI MING, SEIKA, NEN SEI.
Made in the year of Seika, dtirhig the dynasty of Dai Ming, 1465-1487 A .D. A forgery of the Chinese mark of
the TchHng-hoa period.
Forged Chinese marks are also frequently used by the modern
Hizen potters, and large quantities of imitation Old
Japan have been recently received in Europe, bearing the
following marks or others of a similar character :
DAI MING, KASEI, NEN SEI. DAI THSING, KENRIU, NEN SEI.
Made in the year of Kasei, Made in the year of Kenriu,
during the dynasty of Dai Ming, i$22-i$66 A.D. during the dyiiasty of Dai Thsing, 1736-1795 A.D.
^ ofthe Chinese mark of the Kia-tsin^ period. A forgery of the Chinese mark of the Khien-long period.
