Featured Old Repair mark on Chinese pottery- what is this？

Love the colour on that one.

I think it would. If you are good at mixing colours, you can make it look near perfect.

 

I think repairing is indeed more predictable on this one… this is tempting me to get a pair…

And they are even symmetrical!

 

I've started using milliput to repair things. Maybe some will snarl at me for doing so. It sticks like poo to a blanket and you can mix food colouring or water colour paint to colour it before you used it. You therefore don't have to worry and the colour sticking to it when it has set. It can be smoothed off with water before it has gone off and can also be sanded when it has set. Test it on something rubbish before you do the real thing

 

Seems like a good project to start with have never tried to repair porcelain before!

 

Looking forward to seeing photos of it stuck to your head. Word of warning, it's two pac so when it sets, it sets. Make sure you clean it off anything before it goes off.

 

Useful stuff. But now that you mention it, I wonder if the stuff on the first toad is actually milliput, because it does have a yellowish colour when it sets.

 

It’s kinda expensive in China compared to other available materials… if someone could afford that to do repairing, don’t think they’d stand the rough work

 

It could well be. The standard stuff has off white hardener. I use the fine porcelain one which is all white.

 

Btw no one has different opinion regarding their authenticity right? They are both sold to me as Qianglong I would believe that tale as even faker won’t do such a stupid job on it!

 

We wouldn't dare to.

They are very charming though.

 

This seller claims this toad brush washer, though different from yours, is Song dynasty.
No idea if that is true. Scroll down the page a bit:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/324377895957

 

'Chinese antiques' and 'EBay' conbined is a big red flag to me tho, unless something under £50 and visibly worn ( they do have many inexpensive Qing trinkets tho) I did find Sotheby has an almost identical toad offered as Ming and estimated at £5000... but all examples found here is listed as Mid-Qing dynasty and all agreed on £150-ish for one with good condition

 

True. I wouldn't buy Chinese 'antiques' from ebay.
I used to buy from known Dutch collectors only, but haven't bought any Chinese antiques for ages. Other than jewellery.

Wear on items can be faked. And fakers love smearing dirt on everything.

 

Thus I only buy something I particularly like and affordable, even if it turns out to be fake, I didn't lose much and still have something eye-pleasing with me!

 

Oh, charming toads!
I'm not at all used to repair ceramic, but for me, first step is to get rid of that "repair"!
Aceton (a cotton well wet put on it then wrapped in tin foil to keep it in contact and let sit one or two hours) or heat it with heat gun or hair dryer.
After I'd use WEPAM or white milliput.

 

Thank you I’ll check what chemicals do I have at home

 

Yes, I understand......
but....
after some time has passed... a few quality items....will serve you better than a shelf full of pretty Fakes !!!

& sister....... u got time on your side .... & help from a great community , right here !!!!!!

.......

 

I agree, quality matters more than quantity but only after tons of research before paying for it.

and in terms of Chinese porcelain, many people prefer buying a lot of chips or insignificant small objects to study the pattern, texture and patina before they pay big money to undamaged ones. These chips however are hardly found outside of China so many collectors won’t have these specimens to start with. So it’s not bad to start with cheap trinkets when you are new to area, but collectors always desire a milestone piece

 

I agree, quality matters more than quantity but only after tons of research before paying for it.

and in terms of Chinese porcelain, many people prefer buying a lot of chips or insignificant small objects to study the pattern, texture and patina before they pay big money to undamaged ones. These chips however are hardly found outside of China so many collectors won’t have these specimens to start with. So it’s not bad to start with cheap trinkets when you are new to area, but collectors always desire a milestone piece

 

Well just found something crazy… these two are both sold as Ming tho, but all toads of similar size and design I found on Chinese ebay are listed as Qing… so mine could be a Qing reproduction of a Ming original?