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Subject:Blue and White Bowl - but of what period?
Posted By: JLim Sun, Sep 28, 2014 IP: 144.132.240.119
Hi all
I recently bid and lost on the pictured object, on a website that will remain nameless but which we all know well. It was listed as a punch bowl, 19th century, 41cm wide.
http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/jlim2397/library/Scumble%20Bowl?sort=3&page=1
I bid on the object because I was intrigued by it.
One, is this an antique Chinese bowl at all? Is the porcelain too white, and is the footrim falsely stained red to resemble Ming wares? Alternatively, could it even be non-Chinese?
Second, if it is real, is this really 19th century ware? Something about the painting style really appeals to me somehow - it is not quite like the "firm line" style of Kangxi, nor in the playful "cartoony" style of Wanli - indeed, the quality of the line seems almost non-Chinese, like a Western ink-sketch.
Could it perhaps be Transitional Shunzhi object with a slightly ruddy foot? Or could it be a Kangxi piece by an individualistic painter?
Regards
JLim
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