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Floral Dragon Vase ( China & Japan ) - Brett - Jul 29, 2015 (03:57 PM)
- Re: Floral Dragon Vase - Bill H - Jul 31, 2015 (12:08 AM)

Subject:Floral Dragon Vase
Posted By: Brett Wed, Jul 29, 2015 IP: 69.119.204.46

Bought this vase at an estate sale of a collector with a lot of high end antiques. At first I didn't think this was Asian but a few people told me they thought it was so I figured I'd give it a shot here and see if anyone knew the marking. All help is appreciated, and as always thanks.

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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