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Subject:Blue and White Lidded Jar. Another Fake?
Posted By: Peter Sat, Jan 04, 2020 IP: 178.115.131.68 Hello again, experts and beginners alike. |
Subject:Re: Blue and White Lidded Jar. Another Fake?
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Jan 04, 2020 Your jar has a hand-painted pattern called the "sweetpea scroll", a design found on many Chinese porcelains made in the 19th century for domestic use as well as export to "Peranakan" (Malacca Straits Chinese) and other markets in Southeast Asia. From the look of it, your jar is an early one, but I'm not sure what all that black stuff is underneath the edge of the cover (presuming that is what's showing in the middle picture). Maybe the jar's biscuit has been intentionally inked? |
Subject:Re: Blue and White Lidded Jar. Another Fake?
Posted By: Bill H Sun, Jan 05, 2020 I must issue a correction regarding the source of stains on the kamcheng's unglazed biscuit around the upper rim and adjacent lid. I sourced them to "cooking with soy sauce". Actually, according to the book "Straits Chinese Porcelain - A Collector's Guide" by Ho Wing Meng, the Straits Chinese "Nonyas" use these jars for storage of staples such as salt and sugar, but some also treat them like soup tureens. The latter obviously could contribute to staining, but apparently open fire cooking would not be much of an issue. |
Subject:Re: Blue and White Lidded Jar. Another Fake?
Posted By: Peter Mon, Jan 06, 2020 Hello Bill, |
Subject:Re: Blue and White Lidded Jar. Another Fake?
Posted By: Bill H Tue, Jan 07, 2020 The pictures only show one of my kamcheng jars, the smaller of the three, which has a cover with much less overhang than the other two. I'm uncertain whether it is a case of marriage or just the way the particular factory made the piece. |
Subject:Re: Blue and White Lidded Jar. Another Fake?
Posted By: Peter Tue, Jan 07, 2020 Thank you once again, Bill. |
Subject:Re: Blue and White Lidded Jar. Another Fake?
Posted By: mikeoz Sun, Jan 05, 2020 "dismissing it as a copy". Why dismiss it. It is a copy - a copy of an everyday storage pot, just like the hundreds if not thousands that were made at the same time in the same factories. It is not a fake, any more than a plastic lidded pot you might buy at Kmart is a 'fake'. |
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