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Is this straits Chinese porcelains ware ?

by jason82chai
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Hi there,
I do collect some of the porcelains as attached.
R they antiques, vintage or repro?
Can help to identify please

Best Regards,
Jason here

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Thanks Peter
by: jason82chai

Thank you Peter
Straits Chinese porcelain
by: peter

Yes, looks like Nyonya ware. And seems to be old. Most of these were made between 1850 and 1930, as far as I understand. The pictures were taken in lighting that does not allow for viewing smaller details, but the age signs shown should be about from above mentioned period. However, for better age evaluation closeup pictures of the individual bottoms, and parts of the decorations would be necessary. Pictures should be taken in daylight, perhaps near a window, to allow for natural colors. The tone of the white glaze is especially important for age evaluation.

I would like to mention two things. I have never seen a teapot with a bottom like this. However, this may have been warranted by the size of the teapot.
And, the second character of the six character mark (yellow cup) is not used here, in Taiwan; I was told that it is normally used in Cantonese, though.

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