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Subject:Guangxu Mark Fencai Dish
Posted By: Bill H Sun, May 29, 2016 IP: 74.178.202.254
Tony Allen's new book on spotting Chinese fake antique porcelains has me looking twice at everything I buy lately. This fencai dish with a high saucer shape is the most recent case. It has a very nice paint job, and is in fine condition. The mark also seems to compare alright with examples on Guangxu period porcelains shown in my Weishaupt collection catalogs.
What's got my antennae whirling is the diminutive size of only 10cm in diameter and 3cm high. The smallest example I've found of anything in the same shape is a pair of 13cm Guangxu fencai dishes in the Weishaupt catalog, "From the Dragon's Treasure", produced for a 1987 sale.
My post also bears on the knowledge that some very nice fencai dishes in the 18th century style were produced during the early Republic period.
I'm especially interested in finding anyone who has experience with something similar in their own collection, but all comments are welcome.
Best regards,
Bill H.
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