Antique Asian/Chinese/Japanese 10" Bowl human Body Dragon Face

I had this on the forum about 1 year or more. plus other sites, nobody know anything about it.Never found out what this bowl is or the maker.I didn't want to try to sell it if I have no idea what it is.Anybody have any idea.Measure 10" wide and about 3"tall.

 

where's the other thread..?

 

July 22,2022

 

if u post a link, we could refresh our memory of what was already said.....

 

I don't know how to really post the link, but it's on this forum for July 22,2022.

 

highlight the title with your cursor.....left click on it.....copy & paste here..

 

Here you go....

Vintage/Antique Plate With flying Humans,Pig Face https://www.antiquers.com/threads/vintage-antique-plate-with-flying-humans-pig-face.72368/

 

Given the decoration it's almost certainly Chinese. The crazing looks manufactured and the base is probably intentionally blackened with tea liquor from the looks. All points to a 3rd quarter of the 20th century piece.

 

Certainly does look new-ish.

Debora

 

I thought the design elements looked like they were copying Chinese design -- the clouds look like noodles really and the dragons are certainly atypical. Perhaps another southeast Asian country copying a Chinese design? I don't really know enough about this subject, but it's just what occurred to me. I agree that it's fairly recent production.

 

Thanks you all,I know it's at least 20-30 years old.I've had it for many years in my attic.The storage I brought at auction had a lot of strange looking items.Thanks again

 

Hi:

This item is a real mystery. It appears to be Chinese but the figures decorating it do not look like any traditional creature, such as the Chinese unicorn (qilin). There is in Chinese mythology a pig-like creature named Zhu Bajie, a.k.a. "Pigsy," but he is known as a glutton and is pictured as more rotund than the figure on the dish. In Hinduism there is a god named Varaha who has the form of a boar but I could not tell you if he is represented here. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Greg

 

You have being a great help.I never thought of looking for Hindu gods and goddesses.This is what I found,a boar's head and woman body. Varahi (Sanskrit: वाराही, Vārāhī) is one of the Matrikas, a group of seven mother goddesses in the Hindu religion. Bearing the head of a sow, Varahi is the shakti (feminine energy) of Varaha, the boar avatar of the god Vishnu. In Nepal, she is called Barahi. In Rajasthan and Gujarat, thanks