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Subject:Need help identifying Asian Vase
Posted By: Roger Thu, Oct 10, 2019 IP: 2601:281:c202:b68a:8

Hi All,
Here's a nice lobbed vase. I think it is Japanese, but not sure. I've seen this mark before on Asian Arts but could not find it. I would greatly appreciate any information you might have on the vase, including age.
Cheers!







Subject:Re: Need help identifying Asian Vase
Posted By: Bill H Sat, Oct 12, 2019

The mark on your Japanese vase, as shown in your bottom photo, needs to be flipped 90-degrees left for proper reading as "Ei" (永), translatable as "Eternity", "Perpetual" or "Forever".

The website gotheborg.com has a better defined blue & white image of the same marking at the link below. It apparently is used by a kiln in the Kutani area, as I've previously found it at gbouvier.com, a subscription website devoted to Kutani marks.

Judging by the decoration, I'd say your vase was made in the late Meiji-Taisho era (ca 1900-1925).

Best regards,

Bill H.

URL Title :Ei Japanese Mark


Subject:Re: Need help identifying Asian Vase
Posted By: Roger Mon, Oct 14, 2019

Thanks Bill! As always, you are spot on!


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