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Subject:Re: Rice bowls
Posted By: Bill H Wed, May 23, 2018
P.S.
I tried to find bowls like yours with associated price tags online, but the more popular spots for shopping wares like yours, also are crowded with often overpriced reproductions to the virtual exclusion of anything comparable. The flip side is that trustworthy sites are loaded mostly with 18th and 19th century pieces with high-end prices beyond the scope of yours bowls.
The nearest thing to your bowls I've bought in recent times is shown below in a composite screen-shot. I've kept it as an archival specimen since purchasing it four years ago and deciding that, while interesting, it may not be Chinese as sold but a piece of French or other European chinoiserie. While I didn't pay a great deal, I would think that your marked and apparently authentic Republic-era cups should be worth at least $200-$300 apiece in today's Chinese-driven market, if the condition is as good as it seems in the somewhat shadowy pictures. Other views always welcome.
Best regards,
Bill H.
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