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Subject:Re: Kao on Satsuma plate?
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Jul 11, 2015
The characters in the mark are 龍閣 / 龙阁 / 竜閣 (in standard / simplified / Japanese variant forms). On your plate, they could be a personal or studio name or literally mean "Dragon Chamber" or "Dragon Pavilion". They appear in one form or another as elements in common names in China and Japan.
It is my understanding that the design following the name is essentially a logo of the maker and not intended to be translated any more than the "Swoosh" on a pair of Nike shoes.
The only website with a decent archive of Japanese marks of which I'm aware is gotheborg.com, and I found nothing there resembling this mark on their Satsuma list.
If you're not easily bored and have the time to devote to the project, you may wish to do character searches as long a you can stand it to see if any of them involve auctions or other sales of similar Satsuma-marked dishes.
Good luck,
Bill H.
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