Posted 4 years ago
truthordare
(368 items)
I have owned this plate for over 15 years, I bought on Ebay, and as happened more often then, packaging was not competent, and plate arrived broken in half. Got a refund, and glued it back together.
Reason for acquiring this piece was one of curiosity, in spite of much wear in the plate center surface, it was an interesting figural scene, unusual in it's portrayal I felt. As some of these are humorous and Japanese, the mark refers to the Great Ming Chinese reign, Gotheborg says these are Japanese and the mark is one of those honoring the Chinese mastery of the Ming period for decorative items.
There is an impressed kiln mark, which is supposed to be Japanese, I think it dates to mid to late 19th century. I am asking for other opinions this time. As I honestly still not sure after all this time, what it's identity is. Thank you.
Beautiful & mysterious Asian plate, it has so many attributes of both cultures
That is exactly IT! Jenni, I am impressed. Thank you for the comment and the love.
i go back/forth between Chinese and Japanese on this piece. yop - did you see the chop mark on the bottom? that and the footrim along w/ the design along the rim makes me think it's Japanese. it's a very pretty plate and looks wonderful w/ the lavendar background!
Thank you both for your comments, I still wonder what the guy is holding in his hands that the ladies are not very impressed with....?
japanese equivalent of the chengua mark , accompagned with impressed yamatoku mark, this is meijji , most likely
addendum the equivalent looks like Dai min sei ka nen sei
addendum ( = a wish lol) ji xiang ru yi
assesment is sound the embossing is in katagana japanese , late meijji