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Subject:Ming period little vases?
Posted By: richard Fri, Dec 09, 2016 IP: 81.159.71.217
These are two small vases I found recently. They don't have any seals, marks or anything on them.
The smallest vase of the two vases has a barely visible red/brown circle right at the base were the glaze ends.
The glaze on both vases seems very thick, as looking through a layer of thick ice at the figures and drawings under neath it.
On another site i read about a Ming Celadon platter and the glaze being infused with millions of tiny airbubbles. Apparently this was seen as "right" for genuine Ming Porcelain?
Under a x 60 Microscope these bubbles are also clearly visible in both these two little vases.
My question is, are these tiny airbubbles fairly common in Chinese Porcelain or does this indeed mean, these vases could be genuine, old and possibly from the Ming era?
Any comments appreciated.







Subject:Re: Ming period little vases?
Posted By: Steffen Saabye Mon, Dec 12, 2016
They look like Ming. Particularly the tallest. Unfortunately there are lots of copies and fakes around. Made in Ming technique. I doubt that even an expert can tell you much from photos alone. Take them to a museum of ancient oriental art. Maybe you can persuade the local expert to carry out investigations.

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Subject:Re: Ming period little vases?
Posted By: richard Fri, Dec 16, 2016
Thank you for the reply, as always much appreciated.
I am fairly new to Chinese antiques, but read about bubble signatures in chinese antiques. With a x 60 microscope these "bubbles" are clearly visible in these two items but completely invisible to the naked eye!
Thank you for your suggestions and I will do some further research on these two little vases and teapot I found and bought from the same shop.

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