Vase lase in gold from tongzhi family
04 September 2018
Description

Porcine

Provenance

Yard sale

Acquired from
Auction House
For sale
Yes
Answered within 29 minutes
By Klaus
Sep 04, 16:24 UTC
Presumably not genuine

Thank you for submitting your item for appraisal. This appears to be a chinese baluster vase of recent production bearing a Da Qing Tongzhi Nian Zhi mark and a triangular factory mark. The vase is decorated in a kind of japanese Imari style, depicting japanese women wearing kimonos, sitting under blossoming cherry branches. One Kimono decorated with the Shimazu Clan Mon ( trying to establish a connection to Satsuma ware), the side with the Mon of the japanese imperial family. I am afraid to say that this is a very blunt fake of only decorative value.

Lorenzo mccray Sep 04, 17:27 UTC

10in wide 25

Lorenzo mccray Sep 04, 23:10 UTC

Can you please tell me what is fake about it Is it the stamp or the porcelain

Klaus Sep 05, 11:45 UTC

Well, it is a genuine porcelain vase. And it is even a genuine chinese vase. But the maker tried to deceive the buyer by putting a tongzhi mark on a completey new vase, imitating japanese Imari styles. To some degree -if the vase is already antique -this is accepted by scholars, as most of the chinese vases have misleading reign marks, it is part of chinese tradition. The vase in your possession has the looks of a japanese vase - and it is not. It is the combination of both, chinese production but japanese appearance.

Lorenzo mccray Sep 06, 15:45 UTC

So what is it worth ?

Klaus Sep 06, 21:38 UTC

You could buy similar on the net for less than 50 USD

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