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    Posted 10 years ago

    lesley
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    HI I got this from the UK an estate sale I have NO idea if it is Chinese or Japanese... any help greatly appreciated. Very heavy piece, beautiful texture and raised characters. bottom has partial impressed characters, signature no doubt. THANKS!

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    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 years ago
      Chinese in my opinion.
    2. lesley, 10 years ago
      thanks...that was my thought. somebody put a similar item on ebay and called it Japanese... but I am stumped.
    3. lesley, 10 years ago
      OK just showed this to a Korean friend SHE says that is CHINESE. yay mystery solved. BUT I don't know date...
    4. maryh1956 maryh1956, 10 years ago
      try gotheborg.com
    5. lesley, 10 years ago
      you mean to decipher the characters? ugh... they are very stylized. I think I will take it to my neighborhood Chinese rest. She has translated something in the past for me... I do like that website but this one is so unusual...

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