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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: micaela on May 26, 2014, 11:38:24 pm

Title: old or new chinese item.
Post by: micaela on May 26, 2014, 11:38:24 pm

Hi, I like know if new or old chinese item.

Thanks in adance.

mica

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Title: Re: old or new chinese item.
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on May 28, 2014, 12:51:52 am

I'm not a porcelain person, but this looks old to me for a couple of reasons. First is the patina/grunge on the foot on the bottom (don't clean that) It looks like it has a lot of age and wear. Second is that it appears to be hand painted. I would contact John and Eugene at http://www.chineseantiquefurnitureshop.com (http://www.chineseantiquefurnitureshop.com) They have been very helpful when I wanted to better understand some of my Chinese antiques, even though I did not buy it from them.

Title: Re: old or new chinese item.
Post by: Mat on May 28, 2014, 12:05:29 pm

Hi,
my impression is that this is quite new. Dirt on the base of Chinese Porcelain is often applied artificially to make it look older. The more dirt, the more suspicious it is... Lets see what others think about it.
Mat

Title: Re: old or new chinese item.
Post by: Ipcress on May 28, 2014, 01:29:07 pm

A well made recent reproduction, although the colours and detail also give away it's age, as do other areas like Mat says. Difficult to pin down exactly but this is modern.

Title: Re: old or new chinese item.
Post by: micaela on May 28, 2014, 01:38:07 pm

thanks. Is very dificult see is new or older when I dont know well the oriental items.
Thanks
mica

Title: Re: old or new chinese item.
Post by: daxu on May 28, 2014, 04:22:47 pm

i guess after 1980?