Chinese Jiaqing ?

[calder]

Peoples thoughts on this bowl ?

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More pics.

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Would this bowl come under the "Peranakan Straits Nyonya Ware?

[peterp]

No, not Straits porcelain. It would have a different decoration, with phoenix and peony very prominent. See http://www.chinese-antique-porcelain.com/peranakan-porcelain.html

I am suspicious about this, actually. There are three things I find incongruous:
- The glaze is a bit too white for my taste.
- The top rim decoration shows two rectangular "huiwen" (how are the rectangular whirl or spiral decorations called in English?) linked; they should be endlessly interlinked during that period.
- The dark color of the mark and its off-center position are odd. Both may appear occasionally, but this in combination with the other factors above are a bit too much of a coincidence for my taste.

[calder]

Hi Peter  thank you for your help I Know it as "key fret border"
People may know it as something else.
What does this bowl pretend to be?
Feels and looks quite old.

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Must admit the pictures of bowl are overly white in original post .
More pics of true colour.