Posted 10 years ago
thegreatfind
(76 items)
The fragility of this vase is unbelievable. I found that out, also, the day I brought it home. I would say it is slightly thinner than an eggshell. Anyways, I chipped the rim of the vase. I found this at my local thrift shop and it came in the box behind it wrapped in paper. Seems to have been a gift for a teacher or something of the like.
The Chinese and Japanese seem to always have a proper box for their ceramics and glass designed for decoration rather than day to day use.
So this beautiful vase was probably artisan made and considered "good".
Has anyone referred you to Gotheburg yet?
http://gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml
racer4four, yes, another person on this site referred me to Gotheburg. I usually don't find the entire answers to what I'm looking for there. Fortunately, I came to find out about this site by following a series of links. In the past couple of days, since I joined, people like yourself have helped me find out a lot about my collection. For that I am greatly appreciative of those, like yourself, that take the time to help someone out. Thank you, racer4four.
Eggshell porcelain. Old one's body was made by hand but this one is cast as it has sloppy rim on the bottom.
Would you happen to have links or pics of some that are not cast so that I can get familiar with this aspect of vases like these.
I wish you could view this pic on your PC. It's not a vase but good enough to show the wall of body.
http://mall.cnki.net/CRFDPIC/r200606289/r200606289.0006.bbb692.png