Yuan Bowl

[ssbill]

I  bought this bowl today. I usually would had liked to ask for you opinion before but the price was low and it looked credible to me. Is it old?

[ssbill]

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[peterp]

I doubt it is old, or from the Yuan dynasty. There are several reasons, but the decoration looks like nothing I know. Looks as if a beginner or someone who tried to copy an established decoration tried his/her hand at this; but one sees that this decoration was not made by someone who did dozens or even hundreds of these in a row, as would have been the case with the kilns in those early times.
Overall the decoration looks cramped, and the fine lines mixed into the rest of the decoration also gives the decoration that it is copied.