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Need help with identifying mark on my cloisonne bowl.Its saying Ming but I heard that Japanese were using the Ming mark on their early cloisonne wares too so if anyone can help me determine origin of this bowl and give more info about it will be great
Thankyou Robert

It's Chinese, early 20th century, made for export.
Nice water, lotus pads and pond motif against a white enamel background.
This type of mark was used late Qing early Republic, it reads from right to left "GREAT MING PRECIOUS MADE"
Some of the Japanese cloisonne 1860-1890 usually used two characters GREAT MING.

Thank You very much ,couldn't expect better help. I am not cloisonne collector but as you said motiff and colour is so nice and unusual that I couldn't resist and bought it.Thank you again
kind regards Robert
PS Do you think 50 GB pounds I paid for it was a good price,bargain or rip-off:)

Thank you, glad I could help.
'Price you were willing to pay' is often referred to as 'the value it is worth'.
Cloisonne is never cheap, especially if it is hand crafted. The problem is that there is so much of it, so that keeps the value down.
I think you made a fair deal. If will gain in value as it ages. Right now it falls in between expensive new Chinese cloisonne items, and sought after rare antique Chinese cloisonne pieces.

Thank you very very much
kindest regards Robert

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