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Re: Can anyone help identify my Chinese Cloisonne and Bronze Vase?

Posted By: Bill H
Posted Date: Jan 16, 2015 (01:26 AM)

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Your enameled bronze champlevé vase with missing base probably is Japanese, in my opinion, although its decoration does resemble the Chinese style. Most of the examples I've seen, including those that had never been lamped, had rather thin bases that were lightly soldered in place and could easily be knocked out for lamp conversion. Some looked to date around the late 19th-early 20th century, but I also recently spotted a piece that looked equally old but with bottom in place with a mark of "C.P.O." (Central Purchasing Office. This was a U.S. Military organization that seems to have been active in Japan from the end of World War II through occupation period in Japan. It's mission was to acquire Japanese-made products for sale in American military exchanges.

This is all a long way of saying that your vase could have been made anywhere from about 1900 to the mid-1950s.

Best regards,

Bill H.

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Re: Can anyone help identify my Chinese Cloisonne and Bronze Vase? - Steve - Jan 17, 2015 (10:19 AM)