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<li>From right to left, up to down:</li>
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<p>大明嘉靖年製</p>
<p>Made during the Jiajing era of Great Ming</p>
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<li><p><code>大明</code> is the official name of the Ming dynasty. <code>嘉靖年</code> refers to the Jiajing era (1521–67). <code>製</code> is a verb meaning 'to make', here it is passive. So assuming this not being a counterfeit, it is from China.</p>
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<li><p>An old character for <code>明</code> is <code>朙</code> (seen here), which is frequently adopted in seal scripts.</p>
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<p>I am trying to read the seal script on the base of a porcelain piece. I am not sure if it is from China or from Japan.</p>

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I see you have updated your subject title to include the answer provided by L Parker. Unless you are waiting for more responses, you shall accept his answer, and give him the credit. I don't think he cares, but it is a polite thing for you to do.
r13
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@r13 no, I did that. We've generally done this in Chinese StackExchange to make sure that it is easier to find past Q/As on [tag:character-identification] questions. For these Q/As to remain useful for Chinese SE, they need to be found easily & quickly.
dROOOze
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@dROOOze I see.
r13
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This is a seal on a porcelain piece. I am not sure if it is from China or Japan. Can anyone tell me what it says? (Characters identified: 大明嘉靖年製)
# This is a seal on a porcelain piece. I am not sure if it is from China or Japan. Can anyone tell me what it says? (Characters identified: 大明嘉靖年製)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-27)

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I am trying to read the seal script on the base of a porcelain piece. I am not sure if it is from China or from Japan.

**Tags:** translation, character-identification, seal

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I see you have updated your subject title to include the answer provided by L username_3. Unless you are waiting for more responses, you shall accept his answer, and give him the credit. I don't think he cares, but it is a polite thing for you to do.  
> **username_2**: @username_1 no, I did that. We've generally done this in Chinese StackExchange to make sure that it is easier to find past Q/As on [tag:character-identification] questions. For these Q/As to remain useful for Chinese SE, they need to be found easily & quickly.  
> **username_1**: @username_2 I see.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-04-27. Score: 6

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1. From right to left, up to down:

> 大明嘉靖年製
>
> Made during the Jiajing era of Great Ming

2. `大明` is the official name of the Ming dynasty. `嘉靖年` refers to the Jiajing era (1521–67). `製` is a verb meaning 'to make', here it is passive. So assuming this not being a counterfeit, it is from China.
3. An old character for `明` is `朙` (seen here), which is frequently adopted in seal scripts.


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