Unusual gaiwan (?) with lots of chinese calligraphy
by Helen
(Cardiff,UK)
Seal both bowls
Hi I've searched several websites and cannot find anything with similar decoration. Any advise or suggestions as to what it might be and what the text is would be most welcome.
Thanks Helen
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Unusual gaiwan (?) with lots of chinese calligraphy
Hi Peter Very interesting. I too thought the shape was unusual as I have not seen similar on the internet. My next quest will be to find out what the text means ( is there anybody out there who can enlighten me?).Thank you for taking a look. I would like to say that your website is excellent, very informative.I am certainly learning alot as I go along.
Thanks again Helen
May 07, 2011
Gaiwan by: peter
Hi Helen, Although the great wall would not impossible, I would rather think this is the wall of some city or other fortified place.
The mark is a Qianlong reign mark, but from some private kiln. It could be apocryphal. The pictures show two different blue tones, but from the painting I would think it likely that it is from a period between the second quarter of the 19th century to possibly early 20th. But, I am not quite sure of its age, so this is just a guess. This bowl has a rather unusual shape with three levels of slighthly concave rings forming the sides, containing the Ruyi decoration at the top and the writing in the lower two. Quite unusual.
If you have an opportunity to ask a Chinese person, let him/her try to read the Chinese content. If it is a traditional story, then they mostly will easily recognize it, and the interior decoration is likely related.
May 07, 2011
more photos by: Helen
Hi Peter
Links to more photos. Are the pictures on the bowls the Great Wall of China and is the text poetry? Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for taking an interest.I will try to get better photographs uploaded in the next day or so. Unfortunately I don't have much control on my compact camera, but I will try to get closer pictures.
Thanks Helen
May 03, 2011
pictures by: peter
Hello, Pictures are much too small to see any details. Could you post larger, high resolution pictures to Photobucket or Flickr and post the link here?
