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Hello experts. I have an old porcelain vase, looks Arita with Kutani like colors. It's hand painted with some gilding and decorated with a bird and flowers as well as somewhat translucent. There is a crack but still intact. Underside has a large red mark, can anyone please date and identify this for me? Thank you so much for the help.
Jeanne

This is copied partially from a thread of August 26 in the main forum:

Your tea set is marked "Tashiro Zo" (田代造 - Made by Tashiro). This was the Tashiro Porcelain Company (Tashiro Shoten) in Yokohama, which reportedly was in business from the late Meiji period (1868-1912) through the end of the occupation period in 1954.

Earlier threads concerning Taishiro can be accessed by querying the forum search engine.

Best regards,

Bill H.

Thank you so much Bill.

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