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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 354874, member: 7360&quot;]I&#039;ve had this bowl for a few years now, and I love it whatever it is, but I really would like to find out more.&nbsp; I was told that it was in the style of Swatow ware, and that does seem to be right.&nbsp; I understand that the strange unglazed circle is characteristic of ware exported to Malaysia and Indonesia, although I don&#039;t know why this was.&nbsp; After looking at lots of Swatow ware images, I can see that my bowl has much bolder colours than most of the ones pictured, and it has no obvious signs of wear.&nbsp; It certainly hasn&#039;t been dredged up from a shipwreck, like so many of the ones online!&nbsp; There are two chips, one looks new and one looks older, but I don&#039;t feel that there is any age to this bowl.&nbsp; The fish design (which I love) looks more like modern studio pottery than the abstract swirls of most Swatow ware. </p><p>So, is this a reproduction made for the tourist trade, or a modern piece made for the same use that the early ones were made, or what else?&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it could be a fake made to fool people, even the originals aren&#039;t very expensive, so they would hardly be worth faking, and the abstract swirls of the early pieces would be easier to do than this design.&nbsp; Any comments would be welcome!</p><p><br /></p><p>(For some reason there seem to be two copies of the first image but one upload, please just scroll down for the back!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]120711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]120711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]120712[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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