Probably Thai. http://www.benjarong.net/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=20_26&language=en...
Pink is Japanese, marked Kinkozan.
"Kutani."
These are of Xitang, a touristy water village near Shanghai. (Not much more to say, sorry.)
A quick Google Images search on those characters 農者天下之大本 suggests this is most likely ethnic Korean.
You can't possibly put down a customs value of $1,000, then turn around and insure it for $8,000. The buyer should understand this, and understand...
Here's what the box should contain, a Japanese "China Incident" war medal:...
I have no idea whether they are imperial or not, simply that vigorous bidding based on a single picture is a sign that the bidder probably thought...
You send him the measured photos he took, as well as the ones you took before sale, and mention that you don't see any significant distortion....
If cropped to the edge,.the pixel sizes are the same height and width, then that's a strong suggestion the plate is true in circular dimension....
Take the photo, crop to the very edge of the plate and check the image w/h in pixels. Rotate 45 degrees and repeat.
I'm in a humid environment, so I put some dehumidifying packets in the (plastic) box, then seal it up with tape. Replace the packets every two...
Probably 1980s replica Satsuma from China.
Very fake Qianlong reign marks.
Satsuma ware, 亮山 Ryozan. http://cefiro.main.jp/Satsuma_Ware.html (under "Kyo-Satsuma")
有田 萬泉 Arita, Manchin. Manchin seems the most likely reading, but there are other possibilities. http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/196156081
It's got a sloppy Jingdezhen mark, which indicates China. There's mention of wine there. so the inscriptions are likely the usual trite stuff...
Fake Chinese reign mark. No sense re-typing here what a Google search would show.
Xuande mark, purportedly.
Japanese, but portrayal of Korean scene.
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