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Subject:Re: Japanese chargers
Posted By: Bill H Thu, May 25, 2017
In my opinion, your dishes are Chinese. The use of supports to prevent warpage in the kiln isn’t unique to Japanese ceramics. I suppose it may have been taught to them by Korean potters, who learned it from China, and who were captured by forces dispatched by Japan’s “Great Unifier”, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in an abortive effort to invade China via Korea during the 1590’s. By the early 1600’s, Japan’s first porcelains were produced at Mikawachi, in the Hirado Fiefdom, a site with good kaolin deposits that were found with help from the Koreans. Enough History.
Characteristics of your dishes, including glazes, firing and painting style, all seem to point to a late Qianlong to Jiaqing (Circa 1790-1820) date of manufacture. The link embedded herein contains a comparison of three mark & period minyao (popular kiln) dishes of that era that make my point. Pay close attention to the color of the glaze, painting of the leaves, famille rose enamel tones and the spattered white-glazed bottoms of the Jiaqing dishes. The smaller Qianlong dish lacks the heavily spattered base and looks generally to have fared better in the kiln, as should be expected for the period.
Here’s a pasted link to a just-ended eBay sale of a charger, which seems to be identical to one of those you’ve pictured here and was offered by a seller also located in the Netherlands. The description calls the dish 18th century Chinese Qianlong ware intended for the Southeast Asian ‘Nonya’ or Straits Chinese market. Are you perhaps the seller or a consignor?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/142326698857?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Best regards,
Bill H.
URL Title :Jiaqing Qianlong Comparisons
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