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MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY. 29
The Chinese year-marks generally contain six characters,
two of which indicate the dynasty
Dai, i.c., Great.
Ming, The dynasty which reigned from 1368 to 1643 a.d.
K
Dai, i.c., Great.
Thsing, The dynasty which commenced in 1643 and still reigns.
The characters for the Dai Thsing dynasty are often
given in seal form as follows :
IDty
Thsing.
In some inscriptions these characters are omitted, and those
denoting the period, and the words nen and sei, only are
given.
