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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 312482, member: 50&quot;]I&#039;ve been watching this thread and will be interested to hear any updates. I know there are some on the board with far more knowledge than I. I have a smattering of Chinese porcelain pieces but no understanding of Korean.</p><p><br /></p><p>I dip my toe in to the world of Chinese ceramics from time to time but usually I learn a tiny bit and end up with a big headache<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />. I do have a subscription to the gotheborg discussion board but a majority of the items discussed are Chinese or Japanese. I get drawn in every time I search for things there and end up way off track.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thing that puzzles me most about this bottle is the material. It appears to be glazed refined earthenware such as you might find on 19th C Staffordshire wares. Most of the Chinese, Japanese and Korean pieces I see are either stoneware or porcelain and the bases are completely different. I&#039;m wondering if it&#039;s Japanese.(again I have nothing to base that on)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve read that the square shaped bottles were produced for export in response to the popularity of square Dutch gin bottles but I have no idea if that&#039;s so. The blue on your bottle looks to my eye rather like the sapphire blue of Kangxi porcelain but again the porcelain issue. Soft paste porcelain will craze but it just doesn&#039;t look like that to me either. But I&#039;m certainly no expert, just an struggling pothead, so am really interested in any info.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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