Bought this today in a second hand shop.
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Height is 50 mm
Side to side is 126 mm
In my opinion, this is modern, the children with a ring around the neck and the 4 leaf clover is a bit strange, and the foot showing the 3 kiln marks looks to fresh, clean, on an antique it would not be so clean a break, let's see what Peter says.
Thanks for the fast answer.
de munte
If right this would be a Yaozhou kiln bowl from the Song dynasty. The carved/impressed decoration with children does exist; usually decorations of that period are different from what appears later in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The feature that Stan mentioned needs to be checked. The more ancient kilns were completely different in view to decoration.
What would be needed is a close (very close) partial picture of the decoration, in order to view the glaze. And one of the foot, both the rim and interior area should be clearly visible. That are the decisive points in deciding whether it is old or a fake.
The ring-shaped item seems to exist, but do not know what it actually depicts. Please be aware that the items on the market are mostly fakes. See the the detail picture of such a decoration at:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42429
Please note that some decorations of the Song dynasty may show the details of people more realistic than in the much later Ming and Qing dynasties!
I wish they showed the bottom on the one at the museum.
Some museums now do.
Want to look at Yaozhou bottoms? This is an image search result. Look out for those with "dpm" in the URL, because those are from the Palace Museum in Peking. Those with "read01" or "kknews" are mostly okay too. That means these are not fakes.
(see link above)
alaintruong2014.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/yaozhou-greenware-bowl-with-boys-amid-peony-scrolls-northern-song-dynasty-ad-960-1127/
on mine there is no crackle? and different bottom?
One word, most items of that period are either from excavations or shipwrecks. That means they may show ingrained soil or traces from the sea. In addition, the bottom/foot rims usually show production related traces like fingernail or uneven glaze edges at the bottom. Everything perfect in that aspect is likely fake.
More photos.
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Just noted that I forgot to add the link to the Yaozhou items, mentioned below. Here is it:
https://tinyurl.com/452bwr4c
Hi de munte,
The glaze is not clear enough to see tiny details, but I think I can tell from the close-up images of the base that it is a fake Yaozhou bowl.
First, the foot rim shape is not right, and its edges are rounded. Then the foot rim color is similar to that of other kilns, but Yaozhou should not have that orange color. The chips on the foot rim are irrelevant, though, they are frequently encountered on foot rims of certain more ancient kilns. (Because the clay color of certain kilns is important when deciding authenticity, some people intentionally make a chip to check the clay color below the surface.)
Then, the interior of the foot has the same glaze as the outside of the item. That should not be.
thanks Peter and Stan
think it is a fake
maybe I meet one time a specialist who can I show the bowl in real life
thanks
greetings Peter
Just a hint...Yaozhou bowls do have a yellowish/brownish color on the inside of the foot rim or on the base, covering these or only any areas not covered by the exterior celadon glaze. There are exceptions, but this is possibly the most important thing to check with Yaozhou items. Other kilns and fakes usually do not have this. The color of that is different from the celadon glaze.