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Wanli shipwreck bowl - Enigmatic mark (better photos)

by J.Lim
(Carlingford NSW)


Hi Peter

Again I hope you remember this issue.

1. Does the mark on the base of this bowl mean anything with this marginally better photo? Remember, I thought it said "Yue Hua Si Ri", or "Moon Fade Eye Sun", but you thought it might be a Chenghua mark.

2. What on earth is the object in Photo 3? I thought it might be a plowman and his horse - or maybe a pagoda? Or even a wonky looking Qilin?

Thanks a lot Peter for your comments earlier!

Regards
J.Lim

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Oct 29, 2011
 Whoops!
by: J.Lim


Hi Peter

Thanks, but I seem to have accidentally posted the exact same image of the bottom as last time. Yikes! I will upload the better image immediately.

Any ideas about the odd figure in Photo 3? And am I right in calling this austere landscape a Transitional style decoration?

Rgds
J.Lim
Oct 29, 2011
 Chenghua nian zhi
by: Anonymous

It looks like an apocryphal Chenghua mark. Item made during reign of Wanli or later.
Oct 29, 2011
 mark
by: peter

You might better post the characters in Chinese, but better still is a larger mark image with good resolution. The bigger one is blurred.
I can only reiterate it is "成化年造" in my view. Ming dynasty marks are sometimes badly written.
I also checked the marks in Sten's book and it is most likely that it is what I think. I have never seen a mark reading the way you write it, I'm afraid.

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