Unmarked chinese bowl

marian888 · Mar 31, 2016, 02:29:52

Stan, please help with dating this unmarked bowl. I bought this bowl at an estate sale. The bowl is 11 1/8" in diameter and 5" in height.

Thank you for your help.

Maria

Stan · Mar 31, 2016, 02:53:02

Hi Marian, could you take some close up pictures of the buildings and the people also a close up of the detail of the decorative band inside the bowl.

marian888 · Mar 31, 2016, 04:45:21

Here are additional pictures. Thank you for your help.

Maria

so sorry for the upside down pictures.

Stan · Mar 31, 2016, 07:29:04

Thanks for the additional pictures, I think this is high fired Seto ware, Meiji period.

marian888 · Mar 31, 2016, 08:16:36

Thank you Stan. It's Japanese and not Chinese.

Maria

peterp · Mar 31, 2016, 08:58:45

Why are all pictures upside down?
Please provide full side view of decoration, not just small bits.

marian888 · Mar 31, 2016, 09:15:26

So sorry, Peter. My husband and I cannot figure it out why all the pictures are upside down. I will add more side pictures.

Maria

marian888 · Mar 31, 2016, 09:34:41

here are 2 more side pictures.

maria

marian888 · Mar 31, 2016, 09:36:47

2 more.

maria

peterp · Mar 31, 2016, 10:37:40

Thanks for the additional pictures.
Not likely Chinese, indeed, at least the painting style and the sails of the boats look a bit different, although the people in them are painted in Chinese style.

Stan · Mar 31, 2016, 12:42:47

Hi Peter, I have seen Japanese copy the Chinese decoration, in this style before, but this is the first time I have seen them copy the Kangxi decoration, inside the bottom of the bowl, the trees looks like Kangxi, but the scalloped bowl and the buildings look Japanese.

peterp · Mar 31, 2016, 12:50:54

So are the mountains, Stan. At first I got the impression that it looks like the Chinese willow pattern.

Stan · Mar 31, 2016, 14:55:33

Your right Peter, it does look like a blue willow pattern, this reminds me of a discussion that we had in the past where you explained the difference in roof styles between Japanese and Chinese roofs, now that I know the difference, it is just another way of clearly telling the two apart, this bowl has a lot of Chinese influence but is clearly Japanese.

marian888 · Mar 31, 2016, 21:28:31

Thank you so much Peter and Stan. You have enlightened me on this bowl. My first impression when I bought this bowl was Chinese never thought that it could be Japanese.

Maria