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Hi All,
Here's a pretty large Rooster statue I acquired. I don't recognize the marks on the base and would greatly appreciate any help reading them. Looks fairly new to me. Thanks much!

The style of your rooster is rather distant from that of the late 19th-early 20th century, or late Qing-Republic period. The large mark on the right may read down and across from its top right as "高綮陶源/Gao qi tao yuan", translatable as "Lofty Embroidered Banner Porcelain Source". This name and internet searches point toward it being more likely used by a commercial business than a manufacturer of table wares, with Google producing multiple hits on Chinese restaurants using "Taoyuan/陶源 in their names but nothing with the full name or identifiable as I read it or associated with the name or term "高/Gao".

Chinese History tells its students that there were untold numbers of business that didn't survive the Japanese invasion and domestic revolution that preceded the PRC in 1949. So guesswork is a futile course.

If the forum backup is finished today, I'll send this with pictures of late Qing-Republic Rooster models.

Best regards,

Bill H.

As always Bill, you're a big help and I greatly appreciate the time and effort you put into this business! You and I.Nagy are treasures! Cheers!

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