Hand decorated bowl

[Qst42know]

Though not very ornate I thought this bowl was interesting.

[Qst42know]

Rabbit mark?

[Qst42know]

Thick drippy glaze with misses.

[Qst42know]

Anyone know if the 5 pointed symbol has some meaning or just decorative.

[Stan]

This looks Japanese to me, Arita ware, I think the 5 sided object is for decoration, early Meijai, I think.

[Stan]

I take it back, the blue color is to light for early Meiji and the foot looks more like a later Meiji piece, I an not sure what the mark is.

[peterp]

It is probably the ? character (fu in Chinese, fuku in Japanese).

[Mat]

I think this is older, from the late Edo period...
Mat

[Stan]

Hi Mat, you could be right, I compared this to the color blue of the pieces that I have from the Edo period and the blue color is much darker on mine, that was the only reason I said early Meiji.

[Mat]

Stan, yes, especially on 18th c Imari porcelain the blue is darker, but in  the firdt half of the19th century Imari often has this pale greyish blue, I think...
Mat

[Stan]

Thanks Mat, that is good information, I have bowls, and plates that I often thought were much older by appearance of the porcelain but I was not sure how old so that makes sense now.