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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Chinese Necklace

« on: January 10, 2013, 07:16:26 pm »

The word on the top ring is "Happiness".
The two words on lower ring is "Peace". Chinese word for peace is two words.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Framed Japanese print

« on: October 24, 2012, 08:07:28 pm »

Sorry. The mark is so bad could not even read one word from it.
The painting is not exactually interesting if l dare to say.   This is possible one of the most uninteresting Chinese/ Japanese painting.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Chinese incense pot

« on: October 24, 2012, 07:54:28 pm »

I would not pay $100 for it. Not old and low quality.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Japanese Medal????What does it say????

« on: October 22, 2012, 06:15:45 pm »

Yes . It is Japanese high school sport medal.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Japanese or Chinese? Translation?

« on: October 07, 2012, 06:43:31 pm »

Its Japanese alright. But you can read Chinese then that is what it said on the cover. In Japanese language a lot of the words are Chinese. Don't forget China was a major country in the Far East for hundred of years. You pick up a two hundred year coin in Vietnam, Japan, Korea and they all written in Chinese.
About 20% of Japanese lang use Chinese words but sometimes slightly different meaning but most time  the same.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Royal Doulton Miniature Flambe Vase from car boot

« on: September 21, 2012, 10:42:57 am »

Bigwull
I think the Staffordshire sale was only a general sale which do not always achieve good result for good collectables. Some items in the sale has est price of £6/£8. There was a flambe three handle cup the same size in ebay recently got £144. So the conclusion is never put a good collectable in a general sale only the buyer end up with a bargain.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: ASIAN Makers Marks ..Can anyone help me??

« on: September 20, 2012, 07:09:52 pm »

The only thing l can tell you is Japanese.

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Antique Questions Forum / Royal Doulton Miniature Flambe Vase from car boot

« on: September 19, 2012, 06:27:55 pm »

I got this Royal Doulton Flambe miniature vase which is only 2 inches high from a car boot last Sunday. Very odd indeed. Why do they produce this type of vase in miniature form. With a very small narrow neck. Surely it would be much easlier to made wide neck vase.
When you hold the vase in your hand it feel like a door knob

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Chinese carved jade liking bowl

« on: September 17, 2012, 06:05:32 am »

Thanks everyone. So soapstone it is then.

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Antique Questions Forum / Chinese carved jade liking bowl

« on: September 16, 2012, 09:44:39 am »

Just bought this from a antique fair.  A very small bowl of 1.25 inch (32mm) high. Diameter of 3 inch(8cm). Very light only weight 30g. Passed the hot pin test so not plastic or resin. Ring like stone. Quite a bits of black dusts inside the stone (see Photo).
Any comments??/
It does has the waxy feel to it.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Carnival Glass not much joy

« on: September 04, 2012, 06:57:52 pm »

Here is the Swedish pressed centrepiece also rejected and quite a big one.

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Antique Questions Forum / Carnival Glass not much joy

« on: September 04, 2012, 06:06:37 pm »

Today l went to my local auction with some glasses to sell. This auction house is specialised in glass.  He took one look of my early Fenton Persian Medallion bowl just said carnival glass does not sell. In fact he said they stop take in pressed glass with exception of Lilique type of glass. All is not lost as one small 2inch perfume bottle with silver cap turned out to made by Thomas Webb and price at £80/100. Not bad as l bought it in a job lot sometimes ago which l did not even notice it being there.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Stone Bird

« on: August 31, 2012, 11:07:05 am »

That is what l thought ghopper. There is a stone object on ebay from Costa Rica which has made from similar type of stone. l can't link it but under the description of:
Costa Rican Carved Stone Suplicante Figure Ancient
from a US seller

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Stone Bird

« on: August 31, 2012, 04:27:38 am »

There is no marking on the base or anywhere.  It is cold to the touch and heavy. The orange patches are part of the stone. l thougt soap stone is  single colour. There are fracture lines around its neck and foot.

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Antique Questions Forum / Stone Bird

« on: August 30, 2012, 07:19:40 pm »

Bought this carved stone bird from an antique fair in England. No idea about the type of stone or where did it come from. From the look of the bird l got this feeling that it came from South or Latin America. Stone bird is 4inch high and 8 inch long. Black patches on the surface are dirt but could not remove. I just used a damped cloth to clean it all over but without use brute force.
Any info will be most welcomed.