A closer look at the bottom picture, I have to change mind and say it is authentic. The blue is clearly hand-painted, though low quality
because it was made outside of China and repaired, it should have a low value because without Chinese buyers to support, price cannot go high.
Just had a close look at the bottom characters 爪哇 井里汶 沈金水 造, it clearly tell it was made in Indonesia。(a) 爪哇： Indonesia 。(b) 井里汶 JING LI WEN,...
My friend here in Seattle is a 15 year Chinese antique collector with very good eyes, he looked at the pictures before I bought this item, he...
By the way, you should not take upside down pictures because if you write English on the stick base yourself, you clearly can tell where the top...
Also the low quality of this item clearly tells it was made by a street artist in a tourist souvenir market, same as those street painters in New...
I prefer Laiao Tebai with Laiao for Leo. Tebai for what western name?
This might have an age around 100 years, however, antique soapstone items have a bad market in China because today's top Chinese soapstone carvers...
this is very common soapstone brush washer, worth $20. it is called 寿山石 or 青田石 SHOU SHAN SHI in China. not a jade of any kind. soapstone is...
not worth much at all in Seattle antique malls
Looks 100 years old to me , worth $30
based on the under side, it feels not hand knotted. Hand knotted will not have clearly defined under side patterns. You can pull a little hair to...
This is either a planter or a platter. The 4 red characters on the left rim are 永味清香，i.e. forever tasteful and smell good. This seems to tell it...
I would say late 20th cen. I bought a similar one for $20 in pacific northwest
A night kettle for your leak. Likely reproduction
These 4 characters are nothing but a western person's name being put in Chinese by similar pronunciation
I would believe they are mid- 20th cen. For the pair, very hard to sell over $100
pressed resin, no value of any kind. Made to fool buyers
clearly year 1983
new, cheap, poor quality, likely a transfer, no value for collectors. market value $30 if average size
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