Topic: Japanese??Rice-Bowl??Cockeral Decoration??

[bradbury7308]

Hi My Hope you dont mind me putting this bowl on that i recently bought on a whim, Ive always said never never never buy any oriental kinds of thing as i always get cought out buying something that looks old but isnt any way rant over i still bought this because i keep chickens and it looks ok on the dresser! Its 7 inch diameter 3 inch height, the foot has a diameter of 2 3/4 inch and 1/2" deep!! there is a nice seems to be well decorated scene its able to see the very fine brush strokes that make up the greenery etc and there is a small japanese/chinese mark to the oposite side. Woukd love to know if it is indeed japanese anything else would be a bonus thankyou

[keith]

The green mark looks like a stylised bat which is common to Japanese and Chinese,so not much help I'm afraid ,not without any script to go on,sorry.

[bradbury7308]

would i be right in thinking, A fairly deep foot like on this is a sign of good age??
It feels very fine the piece overall quite heavy.
I guess it can stay on the cupboard thanks keith for reply

[olesparkleyes]

Buying what you like is THE most important criterion.
However looks quite recent to me. 1980s or later. Possibly from Vietnam. They do some excellent work there.
I could be wrong - just my humble opinion.
Peter