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Vase made my Middle Kingdom Porcelain of Manassas Park, VA

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vetraio50's loves31304 of 99760Cased glass Art Deco vasePN II-5243 ca 1907, in Titania opal mit blattgrun w/ silver overlay for Tadessa
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    Posted 6 years ago

    kwqd
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    This vase is about 4.75" high and 3" in diameter at its widest point. It is a very glass-like porcelain, made by Middle Kingdom, a US company founded in 1998, as an homage to antique Chinese porcelain. Their web site describes this vase as glazed porcelain. Manufacturing is done in Jingdezhen, China where imperial porcelain was traditionally made.

    http://www.mkporcelain.com/

    At first I thought my piece was a tokkuri for serving sake but the maker's web site only mentions vases. I have drunk a fair amount of sake, however, and this would work pretty well for pouring into a sake ochoko. It actually does, as I tried it. When I turned it over in a thrift shop I read this on the bottom: "MK BO JIA", which I later found means "Middle Kingdom" and the name of the designer "Bo Jia". The first image pretty well captures its proportions, though the shoulder is a bit exaggerated. The color is a tad bit deeper red, a color MK calls "coral red". This little vase sells new for $21 plus shipping and I paid $.50 for mine in a thrift shop.

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    1. kwqd kwqd, 6 years ago
      I'm gonna call it a sake bottle, whatever it is....

      Thanks for loving my sake bottle. There!

      aura
      truthordare
      Caperkid
      Newfld
      ho2cultcha
      fortapache
      vetraio50
      blunderbuss2
    2. kwqd kwqd, 6 years ago
      Thanks for loving my "sake bottle" Thomas and racer4four!

      Kevin

      Still wondering who the maker is!
    3. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks for loving my Middle Kingdom vase, Karen!
    4. kwqd kwqd, 3 years ago
      Thanks ho2cultcha, SEAN68, Vynil33rpm and getthatmonkeyoutofme!

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