i have 3 pictures of cut shell. these are marked as swatow.?

Question

does anyone know any information on these pictures.value or history. they are black framed about 3 inchs thick 14 inchs wide 42 inchs high. set of 3

Answer 1

No specifics, no pictures of product, so I cannot be sure. However - Swatow ware or Swatow is a common name for a group of mainly late Ming Dynasty export porcelain from China intended for the South East Asian market.

The name may be claimed to be misleading as the exact location of the kilns are as yet largely unidentified. However, they are generally thought to be located in the vicinity of what was formerly known as the port of Swatow (now Shantou) on the northern coast of the Guangdong region.

Swatow ware is generally coarse, crudely potted and often under fired. Decoration in blue and white is by far the most common, although many polychrome wares, mainly with iron red and green overglaze decorations, are known.