No, a water dropper would usually not be that size; more like the size of a small apple, instead.
I don't know the size, but if it's small it looks almost like a Year-of-the-Ram water dropper for use in Chinese calligraphy: the water flow is...
I think this is dated 15 Showa (1940) on both marks. Perhaps 7 and 11 refer to month? There's also a character there that's a bit distorted, but...
You can look for terracotta warriors on ebay. The black pottery seems the same, though the designs on yours are simpler. Looking more closely,...
Modern pottery figurine from near Luoyang in Henan province.
Springfield Arsenal might have something useful to add, but he's unlikely to look at a thread on Korean rulers unless you contact him.
I can't make sense of the object as a whole with that image on the front, but yes, the inside does look like an inkstone. It'd be pretty...
Japanese. The first line tells us this was associated with the Type 15 Gun Camera, which was used mainly for training. The second line I roughly...
If the piece to the left is an inkstone, then there'll be a depression at one side to collect the ink. It looks like there is a depression around...
At first glance it looks like an inkstone, but it's hard to be sure. Does the black piece lift out? I'd take a very good magnifying glass to that...
Myself, I'd keep open the possibility that the mark was written by someone -- someone not in Japan or China -- who lacked experience writing...
Tatung China, from Taiwan. http://www.chinese-antique-porcelain.com/images/set-of-china-need-help-with-makers-mark-21622217.jpg...
A stack of glossy auction catalogs lying around is usually a tip-off.
Is there a pinkish tone there, or is that just your camera? If it's really just brown or brownish green, then it somewhat resembles Yaozhou ware,...
https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1183/74369/38437597_3_x.jpg?version=1435882872 https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/38437597
2006 would be a good guess. Produced and sold in 2005 to be precise.
Chinese classic on face reading, edited by Qiu Zongkong. Your edition dated 戊辰 year, which would be 1928 or any 60-year multiple thereof....
Except that your vase is marked by 西田， usually read Nishida, sometimes Nishita or Saita or Saida.
Just another, but uncommon, way of reading 安田, along with Yasuta, Ada and Yamada, not to mention An Tian in Mandarin Chinese. Like I said, keep...
One is the mark of Wu Lijun 吴立君: http://yzxczd.com/Home/Goods/1686239 (in Chinese) The other looks to be the mark of Wu Fuhong 吴芙红. But I can't...
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