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Antique Chinese Ceramics => Chinese Ceramics Discussion => Topic started by: cuinterrupted on Jun 09, 2016, 07:59:19

Title: Dragon designed old plates Blue and White
Post by: cuinterrupted on Jun 09, 2016, 07:59:19
Hello, I have these four small dishes that are very fragile feeling or thin. They have blue hue to them and dragons on them. I think they are very old but unsure. They have iron spots on them which I read is a sign of age .  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!
Title: Re: Dragon designed old plates Blue and White
Post by: heavenguy on Jun 09, 2016, 08:55:35
I'm not sure if I'm seeing right, but all the plates really look alike meaning that it must be some type of transfer ware. The Iron spots are age signs but if you find a lot more than those few spots and in conjunction with other age signs. Iron spots can now be easily faked and they look a little bit different than those. In my opinion its pretty modern... maybe a couple of decades old?
Title: Re: Dragon designed old plates Blue and White
Post by: peterp on Jun 09, 2016, 09:25:30
Without closeup pictures of some details, done with better lighting, it is difficult to tell what you have.
Title: Re: Dragon designed old plates Blue and White
Post by: cuinterrupted on Jun 09, 2016, 15:30:07
Here are some closer pictures of one of the plates
Title: Re: Dragon designed old plates Blue and White
Post by: peterp on Jun 09, 2016, 19:16:00
I agree with heavenguy. Looks as if it was not hand-painted in the traditional manner.
Title: Re: Dragon designed old plates Blue and White
Post by: Stan on Jun 10, 2016, 00:41:00
This is what I call an Enhanced Transfer-ware, they go over it in certain areas to give it a hand painted look.
Title: Re: Dragon designed old plates Blue and White
Post by: cuinterrupted on Jun 10, 2016, 01:22:59
Thank you!