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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4549603, member: 76316"]This probably had a saucer at one time...but no more. It's rather small & four-lobed; ~2" high, ~2 1/2" rim diameter, ~2 3/8" foot diameter, 121 grams. The interior is gloss-glazed in not-quite-white, with extremely fine crackling. The ten characters (right to left) appear to have been <i>scratched</i> into the fired surface; all of them have minutely chipped edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks similar to the many red ware teapots, etc...but for the interior, and the nature of those characters. Is it older? Can the base mark be helpful? And what is the 'story' in those characters? Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]403275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4549603, member: 76316"]This probably had a saucer at one time...but no more. It's rather small & four-lobed; ~2" high, ~2 1/2" rim diameter, ~2 3/8" foot diameter, 121 grams. The interior is gloss-glazed in not-quite-white, with extremely fine crackling. The ten characters (right to left) appear to have been [I]scratched[/I] into the fired surface; all of them have minutely chipped edges. It looks similar to the many red ware teapots, etc...but for the interior, and the nature of those characters. Is it older? Can the base mark be helpful? And what is the 'story' in those characters? Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]403275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]403281[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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