Qianjiang dish

[Adriano]

I would like to have your attention to this my small dish.
There are signs of age and use, there is some grit on the bottom.
It is a genuine piece from late 19th to early 20th century, I think.
I have doubts on the second character of a possible date: ren chen?
The bottom mark should be the factory or artist name.

Thank you.

[peterp]

Hi Adriano,

Yes, the bottom says 'Mao Yi-he zao' (Mao Yi-he made).

Not sure if you mean the character you marked as being the second, or the second from right? For me the second would be from right, as this is the writing direction.
The one you marked is 義 (Yi) of Yi-he.  It says Yihe made, where the last character is just that another character meaning also "made".
Just in case you meant the 2nd character from the beginning, that is 語. The two characters on the right side mean 'bird speech'...

There is no date or year given. Late Qing to early republic. I also have a couple of these,  bought years ago when back in Switzerland.




There is no date or year of any kind here.

[Adriano]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the translation.
There is no year, but it is correct the period I thought.