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Chinese Shallow Odd Shaped Figural Bowl with a Frog (in relief) sitting on the edge

By collectiblecur…, 28 June, 2011
Description

We have been actively searching for any information regarding its purpose. its age, its history or its value

for over a year now-to no avail. It is an odd shaped heavy ceramic shallow bowl. It is Painted Bright Red with Yellowish spots (almost like spatter paint) on the outer rim which has a line of raised bumps along the middle of the top edge. As you can see, there is a frog perched on the edge of the bowl in full relief which appears to be watching the scene painted in the inside of the bowl with rapt attention.The inside walls of the bowl are painted black. The inside bottom of the bowl is painted with a gloss white, it features a hand painted outdoor scene featuring a dragon going upward which entwines itself throughout the scene behind the 5 different people painted within the scene.The bottom of the bowl on the backside has a blue 6 character Chinese Mark in the middle. We have our own theories about story it tells, but we have no idea whether this is new, old, where it came from, or what purpose it was created to serve. It is beautiful-with Bold Bright Colors-Kutani Style? We would appreciate any help with identification, history, value, etc. Thank you

Category
Asian Art
Medium
Ceramic/Porcelain
Distinguishing marks
6 Character Blue Chinese Mark on Bottom
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
12 3/4"x 12"x 1 1/2" Deep
Date Period
?
Weight
Approximately 2 Pounds
History
Came from a storage unit that we purchased last year. We are stumped with regard to What it is? What the date of it is? The design is very odd, and we have not been able to find anything even close to resembling this piece. HELP!
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
?
For Sale?
Yes
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Emmette

13 years 11 months ago

Re: Chinese Shallow Odd Shaped Figural Bowl with a Frog (in ...

This is Japanese, not Chinese. I would imagine it is about 1880, give or take a few years. To decipher the characters, go to Gotheberg.com

There you can peruse the most common marks for Japanese porcelain.

Personally, I would be happy to pay at least $250 or more for this adoreable dish.

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Lovejoy

13 years 11 months ago

Re: Chinese Shallow Odd Shaped Figural Bowl with a Frog (in ...

The mark is actually a Chinese reign marking, but it's so out of focus it's difficult to tell which reign. These marks though are nearly always false, the Chinese are famous for remaking pieces from earlier periods and using the old marks.

This one uses the double circle around the marking, common to the Kangxi 1662-1722 and Yongzheng 1723-1735 period pieces, but again the marks don't mean much in terms of dating these things.

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collectiblecur…

13 years 11 months ago

In reply to Re: Chinese Shallow Odd Shaped Figural Bowl with a Frog (in ... by Lovejoy

Re: Chinese Shallow Odd Shaped Figural Bowl with a Frog (in ...

Thank you, we appreciate the information greatly!

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