Old flamba glaze tea bowl.... Chinese or Japanese?

my guess would be chinese... but the stoneware base is telling another story making me think maybe japanese

The base suggests to be that it hasn't been thrown so I'm leaning towards it being factory made.

No mark found on it... My gut feelings is Chinese early or mid 20th century something like that... Thanks guys for your opinion

Early 21st century more like.

i went to see a dealer who also specialist on Chinese flambe and ceramics... he told me is defiantly hand thrown and the glazing is flambe.... he said if it was mass production it would be perfect at top rim which suggest to him that is hand thrown and also said this tea bowl defiantly have some age it to...but cannot tell me the maker or where is from... i thought i knew what is flambe just wanted to see what information i can get up here.

he said one thing is viewing an item in person, that online picture's... if picture's isn't well taken then it may tell another story..

sunnyices2 wrote:he said one thing is viewing an item in person, that online picture's... if picture's isn't well taken then it may tell another story..

That is the real problem with seeing images on here or only online in auctions - you need to touch them to judge a number of different aspects. Telling the age of an item is the most difficult thing from images.

What it is not though is a Japanese teabowl.

very true pots... i don't think is Japanese... to be frank with you i do not know.... if i was to guess i'd said European like naomim said or maybe an oriental on and off potter... who knows, with out a mark this is one lost item.

speaking of which.... i purposely went to see that specialist base on the fact you said it isn't flambe but i knew all along it was flambe glaze.... i know Chinese item's because i have a lot of chinese item's at home....... have been collecting chinese item's now for more than 7 years.... in studio pottery aspect then you might be a specialist on that area QUOTE ( but more like mass produced) find me another one then i will take your word for it :).....

sunnyices2 wrote:and also said this tea bowl defiantly have some age it to..

He is either incorrect, or by "defiantly has some age to it" he is meaning under 30 years.

Technically speaking something made yesterday "has some age to it", just not a lot.

Something can be hand thrown in a factory.

To be fair to Sunny, Naomi, he had stated that he doesn't know where his bowl comes from and if he had to choose he would agree with your view that it is European.

Hello!

I am almost certain this is Chinese made for the western retail market probably part of a boxed tea set. I came across something almost identical the other day with very similar glaze only in red/grey, it was made of the same cement colored grainy stoneware material with a flat bottom as well with a "MADE IN CHINA" plastic sticker on the bottom in which case here I believe was probably removed or placed on the piece as a set where it was originally.

Thank you for that Dannd, especially as it agrees with my feelings about the bowl.

thanks guys and thanks danny... my reaction when i saw this was chinese or Japanese but after looking at the base i kinda rule out Chinese because the base tells another story rather than chinese... then thought again it could be chinese maybe a off and on potter just for the fun of it.... thanks for the information.

having said all of that, could this be dartington pottery just seen something a bit similar almost the same glazed, but this is rice bowl on ebay with the same base... google darlington images and seen something like that also with a dish plate and a bowl http://www.dartingtonpottery.co.uk/htdocs/potteryfiles/ruskinblue.htm