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Title: Qilin Polychrome bowl/ plate, late Qing?
Post by: smak on Feb 09, 2023, 09:36:22

This is 10.5 inches

What do you guys think?

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Title: Re: Qilin Polychrome bowl/ plate, late Qing?
Post by: smak on Feb 09, 2023, 12:22:55

Never seen a bottom like that, it does look old but not sure of age and when it might be made. Could it be made for south east asian market?

Title: Re: Qilin Polychrome bowl/ plate, late Qing?
Post by: peterp on Feb 09, 2023, 13:52:10

Looks like a fake to me. Green-red porcelain decorations were one of the earliest polychrome decorations, popular in the Ming dynasty. But here the colors, especially the green look as if they were fencai enamels, which were only invented in the Qing dynasty. The bottom, especially the foot rim, does not correspond to any unglazed bottom I know, either Ming or Qing.

Title: Re: Qilin Polychrome bowl/ plate, late Qing?
Post by: smak on Feb 09, 2023, 21:50:44

Thanks Peter, I had my doubts. It looked like Qing or later but with some Ming influence. However its the unglazed bottom that lost me..

Thanks again!

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