| A deep bowl the sides rising gently to an strongly everted rim, the exterior painted with gold dragons on a kinrande style red ground above a band of gold medallions each with fish and plants circling the top of the foot above a double band of underglaze blue, a band of underglaze blue decoration around the inside of the mouth rim, a fine painting of plantains and palms with their fronds within a fenced area all in deep underglaze blue within a double circle in the cavieto, a four character Fu gui chang chun mark in underglaze blue within a double circle on the deep base. Porcelain and underglaze blue decoration and mark Wanli/Chongzhen, exterior ground and gold decoration latter. Hairline stabilized. 7 in. diam. \
Provenance: Dade County, Florida Collection
Kinrande decorated porcelain was highly prized by the Japanese during the 16th C and produced during the Wanli/Chongzhen periods for export to Japan. The underglaze blue, the quality of the underglaze blue decoration, the character of the porcelain, its glaze, deep foot, base and four character mark which dates to the Wanli/Chongzhen period indicate a Ming manufacture. It appears that at some point in the late 19th/early 20th C the bowl was decorated on the exterior in a kinrande style either in Japan or for the Japanese market. |
