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Title: Ipcress,, Mat ,, KC,, Help !! Can you make out this Chinese/Japanese mark ??
Post by: mart on March 18, 2017, 06:32:44 PM

https://www.kovels.com/forums/question/unknown-mark-can-anyone-help.html

Scroll down to see the bowl !!  Looks like a rice/soup bowl from an Oriental restaurant !!  Its a modern bowl !!  Is the mark the restaurant name ?? 
If I am on the wrong track,,what is it and what is the mark ??   Mark is totally unfamiliar to me !!

Title: Re: Ipcress,, Mat ,, KC,, Help !! Can you make out this Chinese/Japanese mark ??
Post by: Mat on March 19, 2017, 12:31:28 AM

Hi mart, I think it is a Japanese bowl for Matcha tea. I do not know the mark, but the style of the decoration makes me think that it could be Inuyama ware.
Mat

Title: Re: Ipcress,, Mat ,, KC,, Help !! Can you make out this Chinese/Japanese mark ??
Post by: KC on March 19, 2017, 11:13:03 AM

Mart they didn't list dimensions, but I agree it looks like a tea cup!  Looks modern to me from the pictures.

Title: Re: Ipcress,, Mat ,, KC,, Help !! Can you make out this Chinese/Japanese mark ??
Post by: mart on March 19, 2017, 11:44:14 AM

Whats Matcha Tea ??  No one recognizes the mark ??

Title: Re: Ipcress,, Mat ,, KC,, Help !! Can you make out this Chinese/Japanese mark ??
Post by: Raven31557 on March 19, 2017, 12:02:06 PM

Matcha tea is a powdered Japanese green tea.

Title: Re: Ipcress,, Mat ,, KC,, Help !! Can you make out this Chinese/Japanese mark ??
Post by: Mat on March 19, 2017, 01:19:29 PM

Mart, I agree with KC that it is not old. This looks like the signature of a potter, and you need to find someone who reads Japanese to decipher it. However I am quite confident that it is indeed Inuyama-yaki, pottery from Inuyama in central Japan.

Title: Re: Ipcress,, Mat ,, KC,, Help !! Can you make out this Chinese/Japanese mark ??
Post by: mart on March 19, 2017, 01:28:47 PM

I agree Mat,,it does look the same style decoration !!  The crackle glaze is a chemical reaction and not age related !!  Thats why I thought it modern !!  But at least the person knows what type pottery it is !!