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<p>[QUOTE="Rec, post: 2875033, member: 6899"]The <i>circle with a cross</i> is the <i>Shimazu mon</i> or the family crest of the clan that ruled <i>Satsuma Han. according Gotheborg its not certain that any one of the Shimazu clan ever owned or, ordered one Satsuma export style ware piece to be made. If that however had been the case, the crest would in that case been blue, since that was also the Shimazu clan colors. </i></p><p>also regardless of age or authenticity- in the age of mass production and export, the Shimazu crest simply became a marketing convention.</p><p><br /></p><p>looking at the pictures your bowl looks first half of the 20th century. its very nice, but the decoration misses the fine details and the quality to be a Meiji period pice Imo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rec, post: 2875033, member: 6899"]The [I]circle with a cross[/I] is the [I]Shimazu mon[/I] or the family crest of the clan that ruled [I]Satsuma Han. according Gotheborg its not certain that any one of the Shimazu clan ever owned or, ordered one Satsuma export style ware piece to be made. If that however had been the case, the crest would in that case been blue, since that was also the Shimazu clan colors. [/I] also regardless of age or authenticity- in the age of mass production and export, the Shimazu crest simply became a marketing convention. looking at the pictures your bowl looks first half of the 20th century. its very nice, but the decoration misses the fine details and the quality to be a Meiji period pice Imo.[/QUOTE]
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