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Subject:Asian bronze censer
Posted By: Gale Fri, Jun 30, 2017 IP: 2602:0306:c409:c9e0:
Can anyone ID this bronze censer? I think it's Japanese, but am not sure. It has a signature, can you tell me what it says? Also, age of piece, I don't know if it's vintage or antique. It does appear to have some age. Thank you!





Subject:Re: Asian bronze censer
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Jul 01, 2017
The mark appears to read down as 渡雲斉, though the last character is tentative. I found such a mark in the description for another form of bronze censer, said to be Japanese-made, which item a Taiwan website was auctioning online. The mark was not visible in any of the photos available in the listing. Link is pasted below.

Perhaps one or more our Japanese contributors can make sense of the mark. I'm fairly certain of the first two characters, which have a literal meaning of "ferry across the clouds". The last character can be a surname with several transliterations in Japanese.

https://tw.bid.yahoo.com/item/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E9%8A%85%E8%8A%B1%E5%99%A8%E3%80%80%E9%A6%99%E7%88%90%E3%80%80%E6%B8%A1%E9%9B%B2%E6%96%89%E4%BD%9C%E3%80%80%E6%B3%A2%E5%8D%83%E9%B3%A5%E8%B1%A1%E5%B5%8C%E8%88%9F%E5%BD%A2%E8%8A%B1%E5%85%A5%E3%80%80%E4%B8%AD-100119771978

Good luck,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: Asian bronze censer
Posted By: Gale A. Sun, Jul 02, 2017
Thank you very much for your expertise and thoughtful reply. That interpretation makes sense with the embossed images on the censer.

Subject:Re: Asian bronze censer
Posted By: Guy Wed, Jul 05, 2017
The maker's mark reads 'Tounsai'.

Japanese, Meiji period.

Guy.

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Subject:Re: Asian bronze censer
Posted By: Gale Ahrens Thu, Jul 06, 2017
Thank you so much. Great to know, very helpful. Very much appreciate you sharing your expertise.

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