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Subject:Eight Basic Trigrams Bowl - Tongzhi Mark and Period?
Posted By: JLim Sun, Sep 28, 2014 IP: 144.132.240.119



Hi all

I also recently purchased the following rather eerie object - a footed dish depicting the Eight Basic Trigrams of the Yi Zhing and a Yin-Yang symbol with eyeballs goggling out of it.

http://s1200.photobucket.com/user/jlim2397/library/Scumble%20Bowl/Eight%20Basic%20Trigrams%20Bowl?sort=3&page=1

Does anyone else feel that this might be Tongzhi Mark and Period? Could it be Imperial? (probably not, right?)

Rgds
JLim

Subject:Re: Eight Basic Trigrams Bowl - Tongzhi Mark and Period?
Posted By: Arjan Sun, Sep 28, 2014

Hi Jlim,

From the period: yes, Imperial: no.

Regards,

Arjan

Subject:Re: Eight Basic Trigrams Bowl - Tongzhi Mark and Period?
Posted By: Bill H Sun, Sep 28, 2014

I have a Bagua pedestal bowl with Tongzhi mark that looks to be pretty compatible with yours. If both of them aren't mark & period, then they're probably Guangxu-era, when a lot of Tongzhi marks seem to have been applied to porcelains for what I'd guess was to honor his mother, the Empress Dowager Cixi, more than the late emperor himself.

The eyes on my Yin-Yang symbol also look like they're trying to compete with Betty Boop, while yours, if not based on tadpoles, seem to be modeled after the mysterious comma-shaped objects that show up in jade in Chinese tombs and as beads and jewels in Korea and Japan.

Best regards,

Bill H.







Subject:Re: Eight Basic Trigrams Bowl - Tongzhi Mark and Period?
Posted By: Toan Mon, Sep 29, 2014

Dear JLIM
This look like a Tongzhi dish to me
Thanks for sharing
Kind regards
toan

Subject:Re: Eight Basic Trigrams Bowl - Tongzhi Mark and Period?
Posted By: JLim Tue, Sep 30, 2014



Hi Bill and all

Thanks for your help in this and the previous couple of postings - very helpful. I like my tadpole eyed dish and will look for more Tongzhi in future.

Rgds
JLim


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