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Subject:Old pottery would appreciate any information, very unusual.
Posted By: Anthony Smith Sat, Nov 23, 2019 IP: 2603:9001:4511:4c0:1 Hello, |
Subject:Re: Old pottery would appreciate any information, very unusual.
Posted By: Jonathan Sat, Nov 23, 2019 Sumida Gawa. Japanese. |
Subject:Re: Old pottery would appreciate any information, very unusual.
Posted By: Bill H Sun, Nov 24, 2019 Considering the elevated feet, this would appear from first glance to be a censer, featuring figures of the Eight Immortals of Daoism in the recesses. The flambé glaze colors and texturing, as well as the modeling of the Immortals, are very much signatures of the Shiwan (former Shekkwan) Kilns, in the Suburbs of Guangzhou (former Canton), in China's Guangdong Province. I'd speculate a dating of circa 1900 (late 19th early 20th century or late-Qing-to-Republic era. |
Subject:Re: Old pottery would appreciate any information, very unusual.
Posted By: Anthony Smith Mon, Nov 25, 2019 Hello, |
Subject:Re: Old pottery would appreciate any information, very unusual.
Posted By: Bill H Tue, Nov 26, 2019 I can certainly appreciate Jonathan thinking this might be Japanese Sumida Gawa ware, because I have a small collection of it myself. However, the Japanese Immortals group closest to the Chinese 'Eight Immortials' are the 'Seven Lucky Gods', and there are eight visible here. Also, the Sumida clay sculptors are slightly more freehand in modeling style than their Chinese counterparts, in my opinion. When consulting copious imagery contained in the authoritative book, 'Sumida According to Us', by Herbert Karp and Gardner Pond, neither did I find anything closely equivalent to the form of this piece. |
Subject:Re: Old pottery would appreciate any information, very unusual.
Posted By: Anthony Smith Tue, Nov 26, 2019 I’d like to thank both Bill H and Jonathan again for their replies. |
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