The chairs immediately reminded me of an verifiably antique (more than 100- year-old) rosewood table that has been handed down in my family....
The inscription says that the painting is "in imitation of the style of Wu Jingting" and was painted in the summer of 1980. Wu Jingting...
Marote is correct: 永乐 ("eternal happiness"). While these characters are the same as those for the reign of the Chinese Yongle Emperor, they are...
One clue that this is a modern vase is the use of simplified characters, which have been used in China only since the 1950s. The second and third...
These examples are of a much more traditional Chinese design. I do believe the item is Chinese, based on the items in the middle. What throw...
I am by no means an expert on Chinese or Chinese-style furniture. But I have studied the history of the Chinese in America and I have personal...
Sorry to say that the design looks to me to be contemporary rather than traditional Chinese. All of the 19th century Chinese furniture I have...
I would take the identification of marks on that page with a grain of salt. I think there are some errors. For example, in the fourth photo...
I believe those squares are lozenges. The symbol at 4:00 is an artemisia leaf, as I mentioned above. At 7:00 is what I believe is a gourd-shaped...
I'm not sure which one you mean. A lot of the symbols have ribbons. Can you be a little more specific?
The symbols are not Buddhist but appear to be a random collection of "ordinary" auspicious symbols. They include an artemisia leaf (4:00), books...
This is definitely Japanese. According to my internet search, the name inscribed (光峰) could be pronounced either Mitsumine or Koho. I see...
These look to me to be quite new. I would guess that they were made as souvenirs for travelers.
This is actually a Korean woodblock with a text by the 18th century Korean Confucian scholar Kim Koeng. For most of Korea's history, scholarly...
The tubes are upside down in the photo, but from left to right they are containers for shichimi (a Japanese spice mixture of seven spices),...
Can't attest to the authenticity of the jar, but I checked some Chinese websites to learn about raised seal. It is a mark of Youxianju (有閑居), a...
The theme of the vase decoration is long life. The figure in the first photo is the God of Long Life (Shouxing); the four characters above him say...
Actually, I don't think the vase is poor quality--just not that old and not that valuable. I would like to think that the seller lacks knowledge...
Hi: I am not an expert, but this looks to me to be a modern reproduction. In particular, the figures decorating the bowl lacks a more delicate...
Hi: The seal on the bottom of this modern item is the name of the pottery factory (陶工厂). Incidentally, in the larger photo, the seal is upside...
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