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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 437895, member: 59"]Looks the right way up to me, but unfortunately all I can tell you is that none of what's there are the Japanese characters for "pure silver" that I am familiar with. That may mean one of several things - it's Chinese instead, it's Japanese and not solid silver, or it's neither.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the look of the bowl I would think it is modern, though. In which case I would think that it should be marked with the numerical fineness and just the characters. Just my rambling...</p><p><br /></p><p>What does your friend know about?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 437895, member: 59"]Looks the right way up to me, but unfortunately all I can tell you is that none of what's there are the Japanese characters for "pure silver" that I am familiar with. That may mean one of several things - it's Chinese instead, it's Japanese and not solid silver, or it's neither. Given the look of the bowl I would think it is modern, though. In which case I would think that it should be marked with the numerical fineness and just the characters. Just my rambling... What does your friend know about?[/QUOTE]
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