Hi all, I am trying to help a friend to identify the artist of his painting, so far without success... Thank you in advance for any help!...
Hi, I would tend towards Elijah ( https://worldchallenge.org/newsletter/mantle-elijah ) who is quite a common figure on Greek icons. I read "1820"...
I can only read the right column of the Japanese mark, it reads "Hizen Arita made", The left column would be the name of the maker. On the paper...
This was made by Kozan-gama, modern Japanese. http://modernjapanesepotterymarks.blogspot.com/2011/05/kozangama-maebata-china-corporation.html
Try this specialised forum: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/
A bit of info on Ikaros: http://www.ceramopolis.com/?page_id=692
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The BX in the mark may stand for Bayeux.
This is taken from the famous Bayeux tapestry, so I would look for France or Great Britain as an origin of this plate.
This looks very much like yours: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/friedrich-reimann-germany-1896-1991-man-with-257-c-1d94fba834 ;)
I read the signature as F. Reimann 19??. It could be Friedrich Reimann (1896-1991). On the back there is written in German "Griechischer...
I think this might be from Fes, the clay from Safi is red I believe. The painting style in both cities is very similar.
janetpjohn, you must have posted while I was still typing, lol!
Look here under Choshuzan, I believe yours is one of the marks of that factory: https://www.gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml
In the beginning I had doubts because of the small "a" in Angouleme, but that seems to be ok, too:...
Here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihl_and_Gu%C3%A9rhard_porcelain
The central scene is "three friends of winter".
This is a Ming Chenghua reign mark, but on a 18th c dish from Arita in Japan. It is not uncommon for Japanese porcelain to have Chinese reign...
I like yours! Here is an Iranian imitation of this kind of Chinese porcelain, this is fritware, not porcelain:...
I do not think this is Japanese, most likely 19th c "Kitchen Qing" ware.
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