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Subject:Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Dragons & Phoneix, Need Help With Mark
Posted By: John Sat, Mar 14, 2020 IP: 94.197.121.213

Hello guys I have a Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Dragons & Phoneix, Need Help With the Mark , and any info of age. Many thanks

https://postimg.cc/gallery/11xm9tci2/814d83ca/

Link :https://postimg.cc/gallery/11xm9tci2/814d83ca/


Subject:Re: Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Dragons & Phoneix, Need Help With Mark
Posted By: Bill H Sun, Mar 15, 2020

Your bowl appears to be one currently being offered on eBay as "doucai" and possibly Ming dynasty "Jiajing" period. At the outset, it isn't "doucai', the "contending colors", which in Jiajing times would have consisted of iron red, aubergine, yellow and green enamels, painted on top of an underglaze blue cartoon of the pattern. The design here appears to be laid down over a black design applied by transfer method, an early 20th century technology for China, and then overpainted in the aforementioned colors. At best, IMHO, it is a damaged piece of restaurant ware that dates no earlier than around the Republic period (1912-49), even though the base-mark appears to be a seal-script form of Qing (清), as in the dynasty.

Best regards,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Dragons & Phoneix, Need Help With Mark
Posted By: Oliver Sun, Mar 15, 2020

Hi this is Japanese and the mark is one of many found on the base of Kakiemon pieces.I belive this to be 18th/19thc but a very nice picece.The mark is a variation on Fuku or good luck

Subject:Re: Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Dragons & Phoneix, Need Help With Mark
Posted By: Oliver Tue, Mar 17, 2020

Hi,you will notice that the dragon has three claws,a definite sign of Japanese origin and I stick with my previous attribution.It is not Chinese,check Kakiemon designs and colours on Google and you will see what I mean and also the threee claws which were only used by the Chinese in the very early ceramics particularly blue and white of the Yuan.

Subject:Re: Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Dragons & Phoneix, Need Help With Mark
Posted By: Martin Michels Wed, Mar 18, 2020

Oliver,
You are right, dragons with 3 claws are usually Japanese.
But in this case I really see a dragon with 4 claws, see picture.
Regards,
Martin.



Subject:Re: Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Dragons & Phoneix, Need Help With Mark
Posted By: Bill H Wed, Mar 18, 2020

Sorry to be insistent, but I still count four. Here's an enlarged and annotated image.

Bill H.




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