A picture of the bottom would be good. Both vases have nothing to do with "Chenghua style".
It is not Iznik IMO and does not look like the late 19th - early 20th c Kutahya copies, nor like the 1930s Greek copies, so I guess it is from...
This is Awata ware, early 20th c, the signature is "Kinkozan made".
19th c Chinese IMO...
Here is a discussion on your mark, they come to the result that it is most likely the Verclos workshops in Nabeul......
I think Nabeul.
Fu Lu Shou...
It is in fact just tea pressed in the shape of a brick.
These "Mamluk Revival" pieces were made not only in Kairo, but in other places too, as Damascus or Jerusalem. Here is a collection with some nice...
But there are photos of the bottom in the top post?
The shape of the clouds in the background pattern tells that this is after 1950. Have a look at this page:...
"Early People's Republic" is what I would call that period.
I read that too but I have no idea who he is. Maybe a Japanese in America? It is very unusual for a Japanese potter to sign in Latin letters. I...
I do not think it is Japanese, more likely Western studio pottery. The signature is not Japanese IMO, too...
Yes, that sounds good...
Hmm, I think more like a "Pilzmännchen" with that hat (it looks like a fly agaric)....
You can put cone incense inside and smoke comes out of his mouth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A4uchermann
Here is some info on the maker - Ei-Sei-Sha from Himeji... http://modernjapanesepotterymarks.blogspot.com/2016/09/himeji-ei-sei-sha.html
Norman Warbreck is right this is a stencil printed decoration, that is why you cannot see any "pixels". It dates to the Meiji period.
It is the Yomeimon gate of the Toshogu shrine in Nikko. https://en.tokyonarita.jp/destinations/nikko/do/nikko-toshogu-shrine/
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