About the Author

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Anthony John Allen, (Tony to his friends), has been a collector of Late Qing Chinese porcelain since 1983. Using his oriental antique importing business to provide the means to pursue his primary hobby, "Guangxu (1875-1908) mark and period porcelain," his hobby in turn provided the impetus to write this book, some nine years in the making. The author has used examples from his extensive collection to support his observations on pointers for dating.