Posted 6 years ago
Vintagedust
(4 items)
Any advice on where to decode these marks??
Photo is bottom of bowl....tried to with no avail via google images.... admittedly threw in the towel after 30 minutes....
Maybe a tourist item? Maybe not.....
OH!
This is a very old Japanese cloisonne bowl, with a cloisonne (metal wire and enamel) mark on the base. These vary, this one is a symbol of good fortune, which is used in both China and Japan.
I collected cloisonne and owned several of these, about 1870 product, before they changed their process and improved the surface and quality of the enamels fired in a kiln.