Old chinese bowl

Hi is anyone familiar with this mark?

 

nothing I've seen here before.....hardly looks like a mark..?? !!

 

Hmm, I have no idea.it looks old but I havent seen such mark before

 

This is a Chinese worker's bowl, mass produced and sold at the docks in Canton so probably brought over with an immigrant ..they were sold to departing emigres as part of their "Gum San" kit ..most workers at the time in railway or mining camps had their own bowls and cutlery and used what I call "chip marks" to identify their pieces in the camps. Most of the bowls I've handled of this type were plain and came in a celadon-y colour known as "wintergreen", although I've also run across blue and white and even Japanese saki bottles with similar owner's marks.

These marks are usually translate to good fortune or wealth and are chipped into the porcelain as a series of dots using a sharp point or nail. At the side of your bowl you will see this chip mark.

 

Oh wow Blooey, thank you so much for detailed info

 

Blooey, what would you say about this one?same period? Thanks

 

gotta show the whole bowl.........!
help us , to help you !!!!

 

Popular pattern, but I have not seen one with such mark before

 

This last mark is not Chinese. It's a "Dai Nippon" (Great Japan) mark from 1920- 1940. And likely used later as well. You can see examples by scrolling down the page in this link to Dai Nippon marks.

https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturyjapan.shtml