Only in so far as authentic cinnabar can be hazardous to your health, with mercury vapour emissions. I have in fact seen some actual examples of...
It's a Japanese WWII Long Range Artillery & Range Finder 偏差盤 = Deviation Board 遠距離用 = For Long Distance Here's one on Worthpoint:...
Or stamped prison / hospital cutlery.
嘉山 = Jiashan former county 1932-1992 in northeast Anhui, now part of Chuzhou prefecture 滁州 (chú zhōu)2 provincial level scenic area in Hunan.
lol, this reminds me of sitting in the movie theatres with my mother watching the show, and at a particular tense point in the movie, my mother...
I think it's quite a neat looking mushroom teapot. There are a wide array of fancy styles of Yixing teapots.
I can tell it's upside down. When rotated, the top image will be the character: [IMG]= 也 = also, too As for the rest, I can only partially see...
When the mark appears on all the other pieces, is it exactly the same? I ask because to me it appears this mark may be incompletely stamped onto...
I agree, the bottom mark is clearly an eagle. Though to make an accurate identification, a clearer image is required, as they could be some finer...
Many items do get misattributed to different time periods and even incorrect makers. You really are relying on the appraisers' knowledge to...
Christie's Auction...
Seal Script is a fairly common tradition to be used for stamping a product with the date, sometimes also the maker. In your case, I am not...
I always find fanciful calligraphy styles of eastern languages quite a bit harder to read. That said, I can see this. (The top two larger...
To be honest I am not 100% sure of these translated characters. The first one is a bit varied to what I am familiar with, this is, therefore, the...
Here is another vase being shown on Worthpoint. There it is stated to be from the Song Dynasty which started 960CE and lasted until 1279CE....
Here's a different shape and size item with the exact same design. eBay Listing - Going for US$399.99 CHINESE 10.5" CELADON VASE with INCISED DEER...
You can you show a closer photo of the text in each of the two labels with Chinese on them? Assuming you still have the labels, I know they were...
Sadly no, that's even blurrier. Can you have another go?
You know what, I may actually have that wrong anyway. The translation is tinkle, not twinkle, as such it could instead be in reference to the...
The red banners are Chinese Couplets. The Chinese couplet refers to two complementary poetic lines adhering to certain rules, often written on...
Separate names with a comma.
