Chinese, Shende Tang mark. http://jd.cang.com/1248935.html http://m.vam.ac.uk/collections/item/O22840/bowl-unknown/
Quite modern, from Dehua in Fujian Province, and a popular motif.
I think it matches up with the Jingdezhen mark discussed here, but you'll have to compare to be sure. Note the identity in the NW corner....
You'll have to search for a match to be sure, but it looks like a modern Made in Jingdezhen mark.
Japanese, 勝峰 Katsumine.
I identified this for you on ebay in March/April, 2014.
The firm seemed to have traded as Dexingcheng, to use modern romanization, and for some reason that middle character 興 xing seems to have been...
The precise silver content of pieces marked zu wen may vary by time and region, but yes, it means solid not plated.
You don't see that kind of workmanship on modern fakes. The money isn't in it: genuine Chinese export silver is fairly abundant and doesn't bring...
"Jiangxi Famous Porcelain" one and a mould number the other.
The name looks like 陈行芳 Chen Xingfang, but a quick Google search doesn't turn up any noted Yixing potter with this name
Nested temple bells, Chinese. [ATTACH] http://www.icollector.com/Bronze-TEMPLE-BELL-SET_i10262568
Yes, a water dropper. http://pai.sssc.cn/item/240291 http://bbs.sssc.cn/thread-3958828-1-1.html
Fill it and see if water pours from the mouth, then try to control the flow with your finger on the top.
Just to be clear, these are not fired glazes, though the exact technique's a bit of a mystery.
Within the past 25 years.
Those are mine.
I don't understand Korean; all I know for certain is that the pieces I posted are Korean.
Korean style and technique. [ATTACH]
That's another Ming Xuande reign mark. You'll have to show this to an expert for dating; these have been made and antiqued for centuries.
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