Qianlong porcelain pitcher?

Started by chahoos, Nov 09, 2023, 11:38:56

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chahoos

Does anyone have any idea whether this is authentic? I believe I see glaze contractions. I can provide more pictures if needed. Thank you in advance.

peterp

This is a shape that never existed in China. It looks European, I'm afraid.
Further, the decoration appears to be made using transfer printing. You can see that all the same decoration parts are the similar as the previous one, all around. That is because  transfer printing was used to apply the individual elements, rather than hand-painting the whole thing. 
The mark is also printed and in a character style Chinese marks never used. The intermittent line breaks confirm that these are not hand-painted.

It might be "Chinoiserie", but not sure about that.

chahoos

Thanks for the quick reply and the fascinating info! The bottom is not totally flat (it wobbles a bit) so I thought it might be old. Still looks pretty cool to me!