Fish bowl

[BethC]

Can you tell me about this fish bowl mark? 

[peterp]

This picture is not clearly showing details, but the oval shape of the seal mark makes it seem to be Japanese. The Chinese never used oval seals.

[Stan]

Im not sure, Peter, I have not seen a Japanese mark like this one before.

[peterp]

It might not be a mark in the sense we know it from porcelain, it might be a check mark for something applied with a seal. The oval shape is the most common shape of Japanese seals, personal seals. Circular or square shapes are hardly seen. I can just not see any characters, might be pictorial mark content.
The Chinese do not use seals or seals with that shape at all. They are usually square or round.

[Stan]

You are right, Peter that would fit the Japanese more that the Chinese, plus the bottom is unglazed, that would make it a much later item, Beth could you post a picture of the vase showing the decoration, that to would give us a better clue as to who made it, thanks.