Chinese Ceramics & Antiques Discussion

Antique Chinese Ceramics => Chinese Ceramics Discussion => Topic started by: kardinalisimo on Mar 12, 2016, 12:41:37

Title: Pair Small Lidded Jars
Post by: kardinalisimo on Mar 12, 2016, 12:41:37
Japanese or Chinese?
Thanks
Title: Re: Pair Small Lidded Jars
Post by: Stan on Mar 13, 2016, 01:21:26
Looks like mid 20th century Chinese to me, could be later.
Title: Re: Pair Small Lidded Jars
Post by: kardinalisimo on Mar 13, 2016, 01:28:41
Thanks Stan. What are the features that make them so late?
Title: Re: Pair Small Lidded Jars
Post by: Stan on Mar 13, 2016, 07:33:12
the whiteness of the glaze and the foot rim.
Title: Re: Pair Small Lidded Jars
Post by: kardinalisimo on Mar 13, 2016, 07:49:18
I don't know, to me they look older than mid 20th C. but I could be wrong.
What's with the whiteness? Is not it the more white, the better the quality? The enamels also don't look from that period to me unless they tried to copy old ones. Not sure about the drawing style and the faces...
Title: Re: Pair Small Lidded Jars
Post by: Stan on Mar 13, 2016, 08:17:51
19th century would not be as white, it has a blueish white, in the 20th century they started using white white, the decoration is why I think later, it is not drawn like what you see on republic porcelain,it is lacking quality, that is why I was thinking later.
Title: Re: Pair Small Lidded Jars
Post by: kardinalisimo on Mar 13, 2016, 08:22:15
Are you saying that all the Republic porcelain is drawn very fine? I think that depends on who the piece was made for. There are plenty of sloppy painted pieces even from the late Qing if not wrong.
Title: Re: Pair Small Lidded Jars
Post by: Stan on Mar 13, 2016, 16:03:30
I agree but you need to look at the all the points I mentioned, quality was one of them.