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Subject:Small Cup - Need help with Marks
Posted By: LK Mon, Mar 26, 2018 IP: 2600:1003:b129:57be:
Hello! Looking for someone to help interpret the signature and marks on this small cup, as well as estimated age. Thank you in advance!







Subject:Re: Small Cup - Need help with Marks
Posted By: I.Nagy Tue, Mar 27, 2018
Bottom mark,
銘道尚品　-　Ming Dao Shangpin (Inscription Ordered for Valuable Article)
Product the so called Old Imperial Kiln (Opened in
1953 according to the directions of Zhou Enlai)
Inscription,
展望鴻圖　-　Swam goose looking into the distance
(The painter`s seals are illegible.

With regards,
I.Nagy

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Subject:Re: Small Cup - Need help with Marks
Posted By: Bill H Wed, Mar 28, 2018
Although "Hong"/鴻 has a root meaning of "Wild Swan", in combination with "Tu"/圖 and in the context of the inscription "Zhanwang Hongtu"/展望鴻圖, the term would co-function as "Hongtu"/宏圖, thus have a meaning on the order of "Looking ahead to grand prospects". In the case of the bird on the cup, perhaps that would be nest-building and rearing a brood.

Best regards,

Bill H.


Subject:Re: Small Cup - Need help with Marks
Posted By: Super Wed, Mar 28, 2018
The four characters on your cup:
展望鴻圖

展望 - looking at far away, looking at the future;
鴻 - means big, huge;
圖 - achievement, accomplishment (like building a kingdom, a business, etc.)

Together, they can be translated as:

Looking forward to your great achievement!

These are some similar tea sets:
https://world.taobao.com/item/549654166300.htm

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