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Subject:Re: Question re Chinese Bowl
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Jan 03, 2015
This appears to be an early 20th century version of a dish in a "butterfly amidst melon vine" motif that probably was in production by at least the late 19th century. The motif seems to be related to the Guangxu-period "over-the-wall" melon vine pattern, which still pops up occasionally in auctions, but yours apparently lacks the vines that spill over the rim from outside to inside the bowl. See the attached photo for an example.
I've pasted some links below to other examples of your pattern in a variety of dishes. The painting of your bowl seems to me to lack the finer brushwork of older examples, and its white glaze on the base looks much cleaner than that of older dishes I think.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/18111649_group-of-small-chinese-sauce-dishes
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/25716485_chinese-famille-vert-dish
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/14021554_a-chinese-famille-rose-leaf-form-box-and-cover
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10327949
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2833167
As to the fault, as long as there's no associated hairline crack, there's no reason the bowl will not ring like a bell. It may be that this was a large area of fritting, when the glaze ran thin and simply popped off the biscuit upon cooling. Since the biscuit would have been fused in the kiln, it would ring just fine too.
Best regards,
Bill H.
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