Beautiful! What a lovely thing! (and of course genuine Galle!)
Art dept. shelf at TJ MAXX or Winners perhaps??
The clay body is all wrong and the foot has a very modern treatment. Sorry if that is disappointing news. Apocryphal markings like this are common...
Not Ming of course, but a very nice modern copy. I suppose I shouldn't say copy as I'm not sure a vase exactly like this was even made at that...
:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
I don't know how powerful your blacklight is, but best results will be in total darkness. Repaired/repainted areas will look darker and dull...
All the Ashanti weights I've seen are sand cast (rough finish) and don't look like this, but maybe this is an exceptional one?
Beats me why this thread was started! If the OP is the world expert in this stuff and has iron-clad provenance WTF is he asking us about the gear for?
Houseful has it exactly. ginbari cloisonne, Japanese, Meiji period
Usually the neck decorations I've seen on eggshell pieces tend to be blue rather than black, not always, but mostly.
@clutteredcloset49 This looks like standard Chinese porcelain, were you thinking about eggshell? Anyway, light should be seen through porcelain...
In a dark room, you should be able to see a difference in colour under the blacklight. The repair should stand out, but if it is very tiny you may...
This is a rather nice thing. What size is it?
Looks medical
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George Jones Crescent china
First reaction also Sitzendorf
I like things like this!
As John says, got to watch out for printed outlines, they are quite common and this may be an example.
Not too many menorahs made in Morocco I'll wager :jawdrop:
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