Author Topic: Can you help me with this vase?  (Read 1427 times)

Moola

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Can you help me with this vase?
« on: August 08, 2016, 08:40:22 am »
My grandfather was doing some family history when he told me of this vase on the windowsill, I know his ancestor picked it up around the Second Opium War (probably in China) as he was the stoker of a ship and I was wondering if there was any interesting history behind it; also if the symbol on the bottom is a maker's mark. If so the name of the maker would be interesting to know.

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Re: Can you help me with this vase?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2016, 08:51:11 am »
Think it's a Japanese vase from 1920.30 at the oldest  :-\

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Re: Can you help me with this vase?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2016, 09:50:09 am »
A circle with a cross in it is Satsuma from Japan. Hard to tell from the photo if there is anything else inside the circle.

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Re: Can you help me with this vase?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2016, 10:31:10 am »

Moola

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Re: Can you help me with this vase?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2016, 10:44:33 am »
A circle with a cross in it is Satsuma from Japan. Hard to tell from the photo if there is anything else inside the circle.
There is nothing else inside the circle, thank you!

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Re: Can you help me with this vase?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2016, 10:45:07 am »
http://gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml

This should help you !!
Thank you very much, that's interesting, I'll tell him.

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Re: Can you help me with this vase?
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2016, 12:55:33 pm »
You can scroll down there to read about the mark,,!!