Posted 13 years ago
Budek
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I bought this at an estate sale as a lamp, loved the vase and thought it was probably cut off at the top.
The socket and cord were antique for sure, and I learned from the family that it came from their grandparents estate in New Jersey, and was purchased in the early 1900's.
When I got it home I removed the lamp and much to my delight discovered that it wasn't cut.
I'm guessing that it's Chinese, but I'm not sure.
If anyone has any ideas as to it's age, or origin, I'd love to learn more about it.
You've all been very kind and generous with information, and again I need your help.
Thank You,
Tony
Thanks for the loves, Kevin & Songwriter, much appreciated!
Thanks for the look and like, aeon!
appears to be very good! i'd treasure it!
the faces are called 'taotie'.
something strange is going on here the scrambled and reduced a mark on some kind xianfeng way, but the spread of the mark is done the guangxu way
this must be good , if you want to fake stuff you do it the easy way
this is probably what happened
this is an imitation of Ge Ware Song Dynasty Chinese Crackleware
are we committed to HU style shaping , well it is hard to say because its imitation, and they stretched the definition
are these taotie well it could be, but more in line is Fin de Siecle lionheads handles
mark wise this is what happening, they did,not abbrievited an xianfeng but the abbriviated an( apogriphical) CHENGUA MARK ( dumbass !)
so the lionheads in combination with the fluidum of the mark and the sedimentation of the crackles makes it consistent with late 19 century or fin de siecle porcelain
actually this is quite a value vase ( Guanghu)