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Subject:Re: Floral Dragon Vase
Posted By: Bill H Fri, Jul 31, 2015
This is a Japanese vase with Art Nouveau-era decoration (circa 1890's or slightly later), originally part of a garniture set consisting of at least two pieces. The top kanji character on the base (右 - migi) indicates this piece was supposed to go on the right side of the display. The next one (十 - jyuu) is the number "ten", and the last one may be the Japanese "inch" (寸 [すん] - sun), which equates to approx. 3.03 centimeters. It is written cursively but also bears a resemblance to first element of the Japanese phonetic character for "sun".
Best regards,
Bill H.
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