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Subject:Two Chinese Carved Red Lacquer vases - can someone please help me date them?
Posted By: Steve Mon, Mar 16, 2015 IP: 24.215.204.191 My in-laws bought these in Hong Kong in January 1965. Can someone please help me to date them? |
Subject:Re: Two Chinese Carved Red Lacquer vases - can someone please help me date them?
Posted By: Bill H Tue, Mar 17, 2015 Hong Kong was a territory under British control in 1965, a time when Mainland China was experiencing the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and many Western countries still had embargoes and/or heavy customs rates in effect against products made on the communist Mainland. Thus these vases may have been made in Hong Kong or another noncommunist locale such as Taiwan. |
Subject:Re: Two Chinese Carved Red Lacquer vases - can someone please help me date them?
Posted By: Steve Sun, Mar 22, 2015 Bill, thanks for the information. The vases certainly could have been made in Hong Kong, as they were bought there in January 1965. It is hard to know. I am certain, however, that these vases are not red paint over resin. I've looked them over very carefully as you suggested and found nothing that might suggest these were painted. As for the sheen, it is reflection from the bright movie lights that I used when I originally photographed the vases. I won't be using those lights again! Here is a photo I just took of one of the vases using natural light from the window. Any additional thoughts will be greatly appreciated! |
Subject:Beijing lacquer workshop post-1950s
Posted By: beadiste Sun, Apr 19, 2015 This article might be of interest - the Beijing carved lacquer workshop was apparently one of the government-sponsored crafts factories set up in the 1950s dedicated to earning foreign exchange. So your 1960s vases may have come from Beijing. |
Subject:Real or Repro? Cinnabar
Posted By: beadiste Sun, Apr 19, 2015 A quick online flyover article |
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