Beautiful Enamelled Bird of Paradise plate What is the Origin and Age? Input needed

This might sound crazy but for some reason polychrome keeps popping up when I look at this plate and I am not sure why.

8 1/2"
There are 3 white areas where the enamel has been chipped off or flaked off.

How long has this method of enameling and these bright and vibrant colors been around?

I was thinking maybe Chinese or Japanese The foot on this plate has me thinking early 1900s I would love to hear opinion from others who are much more knowledgeable on pottery than myself. I got into this love late in my life. I have only been in this love of pottery for about 15 years, that sort of make me a freshman, compared to others on this board.

 

A lovely plate, Mugz. The bird is a Chinese phoenix, which always looks like a glorified pheasant.

Polychrome is the name for anything multi-coloured, so it is the right term for this too.
It is Chinese, and the more precise term is Famille Noir. Noir means black, and when the dominant colour on Chinese polychrome porcelain is black it is called Famille Noir.
It has age, but the photos are a bit blurry to judge it properly.

 

This decoration is typical for early 20th c Japanese pieces. They were painted by decorators who often but not only used blanks of the Yamatoku kiln. So when you search for "Yamatoku dish" you will be able to find something similar... http://www.asianart.com/phpforum/in...Id=11370&PHPSESSID=62atp19vcluuevoljt4c9rcs26

 

Thanks Any Jewelry and Mat now I have a better understanding and appreciation for the work that went into making this plate.

 

"The foot on this plate has me thinking early 1900s." I live to learn - what about this foot suggests age?

 

Probably the unglazed quality of it. If it were glazed, the piece would have raised on three 'points' so the foot wouldn't be sealed to the kiln floor, a more recent development.

 

Thanks so much for the information. Fascinating.

 

So--Chinese, or Japanese?

 

Best Question Janetpjohn

 

My vote is Japan!

 

If that be the case, "dbgjwc" would it be too far-fetched to speculate Made in Japan for the Chinese Market?

 

Sorry, that's a question I can't answer with any certainty but I would think if it was meant for the Chinese market the mark would not be in English.
Don

 

I was mainly referring to the plate with no markings By the way beautiful vase

 

Thank you. Sorry I cannot help with your question. It's really not my area.
Don

 

I think in that case it would be Japanese in the Chinese manner.

 

Thanks AJ

 

i vote japanese,i notice some japanese pottery have more images of this kind of bird than the chinese,imho

 

Thanks AJ Mat KikoBlutEyes Cherryhill jgbjwc janetpjohn Silver Wolf for all the wonderful input seem to me like the country of origin is most likely China, but remember that I am only a Freshman. And a very special thanks to Mat for nailing the origin, and AJ for defining Famille Noir and poly-chrome.

by the way my speculation on the foot as a means of determining the age of the piece comes from watching too many Peter Comb video pure speculation by me base on the whiteness and neatness of the glaze and the roundness of the foot Thanks Cherryhill for providing cover for me.
Mervin

 

Japanese for sure. The footrim is a bit Chinese looking.
If not wrong, Chinese Famillie Noir is rare, especially the Kangxi one.