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Subject:help with this little Imperial Dragon bowl please
Posted By: jane Thu, Apr 14, 2016 IP: 81.153.189.64

Hi, i would love to know about this little bowl, is it Chinese and how old would it be, i thought it was Japanese at first but i know little of oriental porcelain and wondered if anyone can help me with any information at all, Thank-you





Subject:Re: help with this little Imperial Dragon bowl please
Posted By: Bill H Fri, Apr 15, 2016

Your Chinese dragon motif rice grain ware with iron red and gilt embellishments has a mark of "Wan Yu" (玩玉 - Jade Trinket). The underglaze blue and perhaps other parts of the pattern, including mark, appear to be transfer-applied. Gotheborg.com shows a similarly marked rice grain dish that they date to 1925-1945 or later. Transfer decoration was not used on a commercial scale in China until the early 20th century, which lends support to such a dating.

Best regards,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: help with this little Imperial Dragon bowl please
Posted By: Bill H Sun, Apr 17, 2016

For comparison of quality, here's a link to an earlier forum thread and other photos of rice grain porcelains of the Guangxu period.

Best regards,

Bill H.







Subject:Re: help with this little Imperial Dragon bowl please
Posted By: Jane Mon, Apr 18, 2016

Thank-you so very much Bill, that is such a help, is there a paperback book that i could buy to help me learn a little more that you could recommend? Best wishes, Jane

Subject:Re: help with this little Imperial Dragon bowl please
Posted By: ernest Wilhelm Fri, Apr 15, 2016

This is modern dish.. sorry
Ernest


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