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Hi,

I'm looking for information on these two figurines. Both are marked on the base but I have no clue as to who the manufacturer or artist is.

Does anyone know anything about these pieces ?

As always, thank you

Sinder

These look like contemporary works from the ShiWan pottery in FoShan, Guangdong province.

The seals are a little unclear to read, but the clay certainly looks similar.

Thank you Mikeoz.

I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Now, I know... :)
sinder

These are contemporary Chinese figures, which have been produced from the late 20th century onward and exported in great numbers to sellers of Asian decorative products in the West. The first seal-script mark, shown rotated 90-degrees to the right of its normal reading position, reads "Shiwan" (石戀), a kiln center well-known for its "Mud Men", located a short train ride North of Hong Kong in the Guangzhou suburbs. The other marks are too indistinct for me to fathom.

Best regards,

Bill H

Thank you for the information.

I'm afraid that's the absolute best picture i could get of the markings. The two marks that are so hard to see are on the man figurine.

The woman has the single mark.

I really appreciate you taking the time to comment on this. It's really nice to find out where " things " came from.

sinder

Oops. I need to correct the "wan" character shown above in "Shiwan", as I copied the wrong one from the online dictionary used. The correct form of the name as shown on the base of your figurine appears to be 石彎, using a version of "wan" that's interchangeable with the more commonly seen standard character with water radical, 石灣 (or 石湾 in simplified form).

Bill H.

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