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Re: Re: Re: 19th Century Satsuma Vase,ID and Value Please

Posted By: Judy
Posted Date: Oct 07, 2006 (01:25 PM)

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Dear Gill,

If you could get a shot of the whole vase and a couple of close-ups of the decoration in natural light, plus maybe one of the base, it might tell someone else more than it would tell me. One can only make a preliminary and general assessment from your initial presentation.

I should also say that I do not mean to cast aspersions on whatever reason caused you to acquire the vase. Obviously there were a large number of customers for them. It was not really until after World War I that catalog-vendors (such as Sears) made the sight of such items available to a broad segment of Americans. To them these were really exotic goods, with bright enamels and lavished with gold. A lot of women would save their pennies for such a purchase, with an eye to dressing up the front parlor.

You are right about frequency of upside-down marks. X number of decades ago I would have done the same thing at least half the time. Struggling to read characters on the basis of only dictionaries quickly gives one the sense of how they should look!

Best regards,
Judy

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Re: Re: Re: Re: 19th Century Satsuma Vase,ID and Value Please - Gill - Oct 08, 2006 (05:32 AM)