Chinese Qianlong Mark Japanese Porcelain Peony Flower Odd Octagonal Plate Dish

Description

Chinese Qianlong Mark Japanese Porcelain Peony Flower Odd Octagonal Plate Dish
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Description
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octagonal plate or dish
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measures about 8 3/8 inches across at widest. about 1 1/8 inches tall.
So. What I know about this item?
It's a dish or plate. Underglaze blue and white design to underside of coastal or waterside scenes.
Top features Incised design with some underglaze colors. The black/brownish details to the plants, the gold color and the rouge red lines all seem to be overglaze.
The foliage seems to be that of peonies (going by the buds). Well, at least they're flowers.
The bottom is unmarked.
The top center features a rouge red sort of Qianlong mark. It could be very well be misspelled. I don't know.
What I don't know about this item
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That Qianlong mark... not sure if it's a misspelling or meant to read something else.
Top mark in square... not sure what that means. I get something about dragons, but have had difficulty in translating it.
Is it Chinese or Japanese? Have been told it's Japanese with a Chinese Qianlong mark. Possibly Kutani. Cannot say for sure.
Age? Good question. Definitely has some suggestions of having a few years. I seem to think it might be later Qing?
Again, will leave up to you decide whether it is or not and if you like or not.
Back to what else is known...
Anyways, there are a number of scrapes and scuffs and scratches to the top blue/violet/pale aubergine color. There is some crazing to the glaze in places such as the tip of the white peony, the bright turquoise blue buds, and in the purple background.
Some shelf rub to unglazed foot.
Pale or light line of crazing or hairline to reverse. Please see photo of closeup.
The gold color along the rim is a little worn and burnished. The gold color of the two peonies is also burnished or dulled a bit in shine and in color.
Scratches and wear to the white areas on the top. As well, both the center top and the bottom have light iridescence or the beginning of it.
please be sure to Supersize photos (the ones along body of listing; not the ones at the top of the listing) to get better idea of condition detail...
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